Acts 6:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

A lot of people were now becoming followers of the Lord. But some of the ones who spoke Greek started complaining about the ones who spoke Aramaic. They complained that the Greek-speaking widows were not given their share when the food supplies were handed out each day.

Cross References

Job 29:13

And I was highly praised for my generosity to widows and others in poverty.

Job 31:16

I have never cheated widows or others in need,

Psalm 110:3

Your glorious power will be seen on the day you begin to rule. You will wear the sacred robes and shine like the morning sun in all your strength.

Psalm 72:16

Let cities overflow with food and hills be covered with grain, just like Mount Lebanon. Let the people in the cities prosper like wild flowers.

Isaiah 1:17

and learn to live right. See that justice is done. Defend widows and orphans and help those in need.”

Isaiah 27:6

Some day Israel will take root like a vine. It will blossom and bear fruit that covers the earth.

Jeremiah 30:19

Other nations will respect and honour you. Your homes will be filled with children, and you will celebrate, singing praises to me.

Ezekiel 22:7

None of you honour your parents, and you cheat foreigners, orphans, and widows.

Malachi 3:5

The LORD All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practise witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or ill-treat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

Matthew 23:13

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won't go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in.

Acts 11:20

Some of the followers from Cyprus and Cyrene went to Antioch and started telling Gentiles the good news about the Lord Jesus.

Acts 11:26

He found Saul and brought him to Antioch, where they met with the church for a whole year and taught many of its people. There in Antioch the Lord's followers were first called Christians.

Acts 11:29

The followers in Antioch decided to send whatever help they could to the followers in Judea.

Acts 2:41

On that day about three thousand believed his message and were baptized.

Acts 2:45

They would sell their property and possessions and give the money to whoever needed it.

Acts 2:47

while praising God. Everyone liked them, and each day the Lord added to their group others who were being saved.

Acts 4:35

to the apostles. Then they would give the money to anyone who needed it.

Acts 4:4

But a lot of people who had heard the message believed it. So by now there were about five thousand followers of the Lord.

Acts 5:14

Many men and women started having faith in the Lord.

Acts 5:28

“We told you plainly not to teach in the name of Jesus. But look what you have done! You have been teaching all over Jerusalem, and you are trying to blame us for his death.”

Acts 6:2

The twelve apostles called the whole group of followers together and said, “We should not give up preaching God's message in order to serve at tables.

Acts 6:7

God's message spread, and many more people in Jerusalem became followers. Even a large number of priests put their faith in the Lord.

Acts 9:29

He was always arguing with the Jews who spoke Greek, and so they tried to kill him.

Acts 9:39

Straight away, Peter went with them. The men took Peter upstairs into the room. Many widows were there crying. They showed him the coats and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was still alive.

Acts 9:41

He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Peter called in the widows and the other followers and showed them that Dorcas had been raised from death.

Romans 12:7

If we can serve others, we should serve. If we can teach, we should teach.

1 Corinthians 10:10

Don't even grumble, as some of them did and were killed by the destroying angel.

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Jews? So am I. Are they from the family of Abraham? Well, so am I.

Deuteronomy 26:12

Every year you are to give ten per cent of your harvest to the LORD. But every third year, this ten per cent must be given to the poor who live in your town, including Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows. That way, they will have enough to eat.

Philippians 3:5

I was circumcised when I was eight days old, and I am from the nation of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin. I am a true Hebrew. As a Pharisee, I strictly obeyed the Law of Moses.

1 Timothy 5:3

Take care of any widow who is really in need.

1 Timothy 5:9

For a widow to be put on the list of widows, she must be at least sixty years old, and she must have been faithful in marriage.

Hebrews 13:1

Keep being concerned about each other as the Lord's followers should.

James 1:27

Religion that pleases God the Father must be pure and spotless. You must help needy orphans and widows and not let this world make you evil.

James 4:5

Do you doubt the Scriptures that say, “God truly cares about the Spirit he has put in us”?

James 5:9

Don't grumble about each other or you will be judged, and the judge is just outside the door.