26. Go to this people and say: You will hear, to be sure, but never understand; and you will certainly see but never recognize what you are seeing.
27. This people’s senses have become calloused, and they’ve become hard of hearing, and they’ve shut their eyes so that they won’t see with their eyes or hear with their ears or understand with their minds, and change their hearts and lives that I may heal them.
28. "Therefore, be certain of this: God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles. They will listen!"
30. Paul lived in his own rented quarters for two full years and welcomed everyone who came to see him.
31. Unhindered and with complete confidence, he continued to preach God’s kingdom and to teach about the Lord Jesus Christ.