Acts 6:1

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Cross References

Acts 4:35

And laid it down before the feet of the apostles. And distribution was made to every one, according as he had need.

Acts 2:41

They therefore that received his word, were baptized; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

James 5:9

Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be judged. Behold the judge standeth before the door.

Acts 9:39

And Peter rising up, went with them. And when he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber. And all the widows stood about him weeping, and shewing him the coats and garments which Dorcas made them.

Acts 6:7

And the word of the Lord increased; and the number of the disciples was multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly: a great multitude also of the priests obeyed the faith.

Acts 2:47

Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord increased daily together such as should be saved.

Philippians 3:5

Being circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; according to the law, a Pharisee:

Acts 11:20

But some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they were entered into Antioch, spoke also to the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus.

Acts 9:41

And giving her his hand, he lifted her up. And when he had called the saints and the widows, he presented her alive.

Acts 9:29

He spoke also to the Gentiles, and disputed with the Greeks; but they sought to kill him.

Acts 5:14

And the multitude of men and women who believed in the Lord, was more increased:

Acts 4:4

But many of them who had heard the word, believed; and the number of the men was made five thousand.

Hebrews 13:1

Let the charity of the brotherhood abide in you.

2 Corinthians 11:22

They are Hebrews: so am I. They are Israelites: so am I. They are the seed of Abraham: so am I.

Acts 2:45

Their possessions and goods they sold, and divided them to all, according as every one had need.

Matthew 23:13

But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men, for you yourselves do not enter in; and those that are going in, you suffer not to enter.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages; the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Jeremiah 30:19

And out of them shall come forth praise and the voice of them that play: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be made few: and I will glorify them, and they shall not be lessened.

Isaiah 27:6

When they shall rush in unto Jacob, Israel shall blossom and bud: and they shall fill the face of the world with seed.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.

Psalm 72:16

I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:

James 4:5

Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you?

James 1:27

Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation: and to keep one's self unspotted from this world.

1 Timothy 5:9

Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband.

1 Corinthians 10:10

Neither do you murmur: as some of them murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

Acts 5:28

Saying: Commanding we commanded you, that you should not teach in this name; and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and you have a mind to bring the blood of this man upon us.

Ezekiel 22:7

They have abused father and mother in thee: they have oppressed the stranger in the midst of thee: they have grieved the fatherless and widow in thee.

Psalm 110:3

His work is praise and magnificence: and his justice continueth for ever and ever.

Job 31:16

If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:

Job 29:13

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I comforted the heart of the widow.

Deuteronomy 26:12

When thou hast made an end of tithing all thy fruits, in the third year of tithes thou shalt give it to the Levite, and to the stranger, and to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled.

Acts 6:2

Then the twelve calling together the multitude of the disciples, said: It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

Acts 11:26

And they conversed there in the church a whole year; and they taught a great multitude, so that at Antioch the disciples were first named Christians.

Acts 11:29

And the disciples, every man according to his ability, purposed to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea:

Romans 12:7

Or ministry, in ministering; or he that teacheth, in doctrine;

1 Timothy 5:3

Honour widows, that are widows indeed.