18. Even after Paul and Barnabas had said all this, they could hardly keep the people from offering a sacrifice to them.
19. Some Jewish leaders from Antioch and Iconium came and turned the crowds against Paul. They hit him with stones and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.
20. But when the Lord's followers gathered around Paul, he stood up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas went to Derbe.
21. Paul and Barnabas preached the good news in Derbe and won some people to the Lord. Then they went back to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch in Pisidia.
22. They encouraged the followers and begged them to remain faithful. They told them, “We have to suffer a lot before we can get into God's kingdom.”
23. Paul and Barnabas chose some leaders for each of the churches. Then they went without eating and prayed that the Lord would take good care of these leaders.
24. Paul and Barnabas went on through Pisidia to Pamphylia,
25. where they preached in the town of Perga. Then they went down to Attalia
26. and sailed to Antioch in Syria. It was there that they had been placed in God's care for the work they had now completed.