TSK · Acts 19:9

But they did not pay attention and were as stubborn as their ancestors, who had not trusted the LORD their God.

But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, and ridiculed his prophets. Finally the LORD got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment.

And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances– those by which an individual, if he obeys them, will live. They boldly turned from you; they rebelled and did not obey.

Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.

But your ancestors did not listen to me nor pay attention to me. They became obstinate and were more wicked than even their own forefathers.’”

Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”

At that moment Jesus said to the crowd,“Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him.

Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way.

Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.

other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them:‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”

So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.

and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.

They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.

But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called“Today,” that none of you may become hardened by sin’s deception.

But these men, like irrational animals– creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed– do not understand whom they are insulting, and consequently in their destruction they will be destroyed,