Matthew 17:27

Good News Translation

But we don't want to offend these people. So go to the lake and drop in a line. Pull up the first fish you hook, and in its mouth you will find a coin worth enough for my Temple tax and yours. Take it and pay them our taxes.”

Cross References

Genesis 1:28

blessed them, and said, “Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.

1 Kings 17:4

The brook will supply you with water to drink, and I have commanded ravens to bring you food there.”

Psalm 8:8

the birds and the fish and the creatures in the seas.

Jonah 1:17

At the Lord's command a large fish swallowed Jonah, and he was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

Jonah 2:10

Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah up on the beach, and it did.

Matthew 17:26

“The foreigners,” answered Peter. “Well, then,” replied Jesus, “that means that the citizens don't have to pay.

Matthew 18:6

“If anyone should cause one of these little ones to lose his faith in me, it would be better for that person to have a large millstone tied around his neck and be drowned in the deep sea.

Matthew 18:8

“If your hand or your foot makes you lose your faith, cut it off and throw it away! It is better for you to enter life without a hand or a foot than to keep both hands and both feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

Matthew 5:29

So if your right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it away! It is much better for you to lose a part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

Matthew 5:30

If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is much better for you to lose one of your limbs than to have your whole body go off to hell.

Mark 9:42

“If anyone should cause one of these little ones to lose faith in me, it would be better for that person to have a large millstone tied around the neck and be thrown into the sea.

Mark 9:43

So if your hand makes you lose your faith, cut it off! It is better for you to enter life without a hand than to keep both hands and go off to hell, to the fire that never goes out.

Luke 17:2

It would be better for him if a large millstone were tied around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

John 6:61

Without being told, Jesus knew that they were grumbling about this, so he said to them, “Does this make you want to give up?

Romans 14:21

The right thing to do is to keep from eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that will make other believers fall.

1 Corinthians 8:13

So then, if food makes a believer sin, I will never eat meat again, so as not to make a believer fall into sin.

1 Corinthians 8:9

Be careful, however, not to let your freedom of action make those who are weak in the faith fall into sin.

2 Corinthians 6:3

We do not want anyone to find fault with our work, so we try not to put obstacles in anyone's way.

2 Corinthians 8:9

You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; rich as he was, he made himself poor for your sake, in order to make you rich by means of his poverty.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

and avoid every kind of evil.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear friends! God chose the poor people of this world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which he promised to those who love him.