Acts 6:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ Now during those days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists complained against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW ABOUT this time, when the number of the disciples was greatly increasing, complaint was made by the Hellenists (the Greek-speaking Jews) against the [native] Hebrews because their widows were being overlooked and neglected in the daily ministration (distribution of relief).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

Common English Bible

¹ About that time, while the number of disciples continued to increase, a complaint arose. Greek-speaking disciples accused the Aramaic-speaking disciples because their widows were being overlooked in the daily food service.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ In those days, as the number of disciples was increasing, there occurred a murmuring of the Greeks against the Hebrews, because their widows were treated with disdain in the daily ministration.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ AND in those days, the number of the disciples increasing, there arose a murmuring of the Greeks against the Hebrews, for that their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

Acts 6:1 Cross References

Job 29:13

The blessing of the wretched came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

Job 31:16

“If I have withheld anything that the poor desired or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail

Psalm 110:3

Your people will offer themselves willingly on the day you lead your forces on the holy mountains. From the womb of the morning, like dew, your youth will come to you.

Psalm 72:16

May there be abundance of grain in the land; may it wave on the tops of the mountains; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may people blossom in the cities like the grass of the field.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good; seek justice; rescue the oppressed; defend the orphan; plead for the widow.

Isaiah 27:6

In days to come Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.

Jeremiah 30:19

Out of them shall come thanksgiving and the sound of merrymakers. I will make them many, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be disdained.

Ezekiel 22:7

Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the alien residing within you suffers extortion; the orphan and the widow are wronged in you.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not go in yourselves, and when others are going in you stop them.

Acts 11:20

But among them were some men of Cyprus and Cyrene who, on coming to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists also, proclaiming the Lord Jesus.

Acts 11:26

and when he had found him he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for an entire year they met with the church and taught a great many people, and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called “Christians.”

Acts 11:29

The disciples determined that, according to their ability, each would send relief to the brothers and sisters living in Judea;

Acts 2:41

So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added.

Acts 2:45

they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need.

Acts 2:47

praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.

Acts 4:35

They laid it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need.

Acts 4:4

But many of those who heard the word believed, and they numbered about five thousand.

Acts 5:14

Yet more than ever believers were added to the Lord, great numbers of both men and women,

Acts 5:28

saying, “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you are determined to bring this man’s blood on us.”

Acts 6:2

And the twelve called together the whole community of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.

Acts 6:7

The word of God continued to spread; the number of the disciples increased greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.

Acts 9:29

He spoke and argued with the Hellenists, but they were attempting to kill him.

Acts 9:39

So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Acts 9:41

He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then calling the saints and widows, he showed her to be alive.

Romans 12:7

ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching;

1 Corinthians 10:10

And do not complain, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

Deuteronomy 26:12

“When you have finished paying all the tithe of your produce in the third year (which is the year of the tithe), giving it to the Levites, the aliens, the orphans, and the widows, so that they may eat their fill within your towns,

Philippians 3:5

circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

1 Timothy 5:3

Honor widows who are really widows.

1 Timothy 5:9

Let a widow be put on the list if she is not less than sixty years old and has been married only once;

Hebrews 13:1

Let mutual affection continue.

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

James 4:5

Or do you suppose that the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the spirit that God caused to dwell in us desire envy?

James 5:9

Brothers and sisters, do not grumble against one another, so that you may not be judged. See, the Judge is standing at the doors!