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Luke 20:6

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KJV ORIGINAL

But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

But if we say it was just from people, the crowd will literally stone us to death — because they're all convinced that John was a real prophet.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes the truth is dangerous when everyone's already made up their minds.

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So the master told his servant, 'Go out to the streets and back alleys, and convince everyone you find to come to my party. I want this house packed.'

The crowd that was standing around heard the voice and were split on what just happened. Some people were like 'that was just thunder,' while others were convinced 'no way, that was literally an angel talking to him.'

And you can see and hear for yourselves that this isn't just happening here in Ephesus — it's spreading all across Asia. This Paul guy has convinced tons of people to turn away from our gods, telling them that anything made by human hands isn't actually divine.

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