18 And many who had become believers came confessing and disclosing their practices, 19 while many of those who had practiced magic(A) collected their books and burned them in front of everyone. So they calculated their value and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 In this way the word of the Lord spread and prevailed.(B)

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18 Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done. 19 A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.[a] 20 In this way the word of the Lord(A) spread widely and grew in power.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:19 A drachma was a silver coin worth about a day’s wages.