¶ It fortuned as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit that prophesied met us, which brought her master and masters much vantage with prophesying.
And on the saboth days we went out of the city besides a river where men were wont to pray, and we sat down and spake unto the women which thither resorted.
And this did she many days. But Paul not content turned about and said to the spirit: I command thee in the name of Iesu Christ that thou come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
¶ When her master and masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and brought them into the market place unto the rulers,