7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?’
8 ‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute,’ he said to me.
9 The men with me saw the light, but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
10 I asked, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ and the Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything that God has determined for you to do.’
11 I was blind because of the bright light, and so my companions took me by the hand and led me into Damascus.
12 “In that city was a man named Ananias, a religious man who obeyed our Law and was highly respected by all the Jews living there.
13 He came to me, stood by me, and said, ‘Brother Saul, see again!’ At that very moment I saw again and looked at him.