He was listening as Paul spoke. Paul looked straight at him and saw that he had the faith to be healed,
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7and there they went on announcing the good news. 8In Lystra there was a man who sat there powerless in his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked. 9He was listening as Paul spoke. Paul looked straight at him and saw that he had the faith to be healed, 10and he said in a loud voice, “Stand up straight on your feet!” The man sprang up and began to walk. 11When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!”