Acts 16:16-22

16It happened that as we were going to 1the place of prayer, a slave-girl having 2a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing her masters much profit by fortune-telling. 17Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, “These men are bond-servants of 3the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you 4the way of salvation.” 18She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, “I command you 5in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very 6moment.

19But when her masters saw that their hope of 7profit was 8gone, they seized 9Paul and Silas and 10dragged them into the market place before the authorities, 20and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews, 21and 11are proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being 12Romans.” 22The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their 13robes off them and proceeded to order 14them to be 15beaten with rods.