Acts 21:17-25

17After we arrived in Jerusalem, 1the brethren received us gladly.

18And the following day Paul went in with us to 23James, and all 4the elders were present.

19After he had greeted them, he 5began to relate one by one the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his 6ministry.

20And when they heard it they began 7glorifying God; and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many 8thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all 9zealous for the Law;

21and they have been told about you, that you are 10teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them 11not to circumcise their children nor to 12walk according to 13the customs.

22What, then, is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.

23Therefore do this that we tell you. We have four men who 1415are under a vow;

24take them and 16purify yourself along with them, and 17pay their expenses so that they may 18shave their 19heads; and all will know that there is nothing to the things which they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law.

25But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote, 20having decided that they should abstain from 21meat sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from fornication.”