20. I always did what was best for you. I told you the Good News about Jesus in public before the people and also taught in your homes.
21. I told everyone—Jewish and non-Jewish people—to change and turn to God. I told them all to believe in our Lord Jesus.
22. “But now I must obey the Spirit and go to Jerusalem. I don’t know what will happen to me there.
23. I know only that in every city the Holy Spirit tells me that troubles and even jail wait for me.
24. I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I finish my work. I want to finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace.
25. “And now listen to me. I know that none of you will ever see me again. All the time I was with you, I told you the Good News about God’s kingdom.
26. So today I can tell you one thing that I am sure of: God will not blame me if some of you are not saved.
27. I can say this because I know that I told you everything that God wants you to know.
28. Be careful for yourselves and for all the people God has given you. The Holy Spirit gave you the work of caring for this flock. You must be shepherds to the church of God, the people he bought with his own blood.
29. I know that after I leave, some men will come into your group. They will be like wild wolves and will try to destroy the flock.
30. Also, men from your own group will begin to teach things that are wrong. They will lead some of the Lord’s followers away from the truth to follow them.
31. So be careful! And always remember what I did during the three years I was with you. I never stopped reminding each one of you how you should live, counseling you day and night and crying over you.