23. I know only that in every city the Holy Spirit tells me that troubles and even jail wait for me.
24. I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I finish my work. I want to finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace.
25. “And now listen to me. I know that none of you will ever see me again. All the time I was with you, I told you the Good News about God’s kingdom.
26. So today I can tell you one thing that I am sure of: God will not blame me if some of you are not saved.
27. I can say this because I know that I told you everything that God wants you to know.
28. Be careful for yourselves and for all the people God has given you. The Holy Spirit gave you the work of caring for this flock. You must be shepherds to the church of God, the people he bought with his own blood.