14. We all fell to the ground. Then I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew language, saying, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are only hurting yourself by fighting me.’
15. I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The Lord said, ‘I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting.
16. Stand up! I have chosen you to be my servant and my witness—you will tell people the things that you have seen and the things that I will show you. This is why I have come to you today.
17. I will keep you safe from your own people and also from the others. I am sending you to them