18. And when they came to him, he said to them: “You know, from the first day I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time —
19. serving the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with the trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews —
20. and that I did not shrink back from proclaiming to you anything that was profitable or from teaching it to you in public and from house to house.
21. I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
22. “And now I am on my way to Jerusalem, bound in my spirit, not knowing what I will encounter there,
23. except that in town after town the Holy Spirit testifies to me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.
24. But I count my life of no value to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.
25. “And now I know that none of you will ever see my face again — everyone I went about preaching the kingdom to.
26. Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of everyone’s blood,