17. All the people in Ephesus, Jews and Greeks, learned about this. They were filled with fear. And the people gave great honor to the Lord Jesus.
18. Many of the believers began to confess openly and tell all the evil things they had done.
19. Some of them had used magic. These believers brought their magic books and burned them before everyone. Those books were worth about 50,000 silver coins.
20. So in a powerful way the word of the Lord kept spreading and growing.