Acts 6:1

Modern English Version

Now in those days, as the disciples were multiplied, there was murmuring among the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were overlooked in the daily distribution.

Cross References

Job 29:13

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

Job 31:16

“If I have kept the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Psalm 110:3

Your people will follow you in the day of your battle; on the holy mountains, at the dawn of the morning, the dew of your youth belongs to you.

Psalm 72:16

May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it wave on the tops of the mountains; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may those from the city flourish like grass of the earth.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good; seek justice, relieve the oppressed; judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Isaiah 27:6

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

Jeremiah 30:19

Out of them will proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry; and I will multiply them, and they will not be few. I will also glorify them, and they will not be small.

Ezekiel 22:7

In you they have treated father and mother with contempt. In your midst they have dealt with the stranger by oppression. In you they have vexed the fatherless and the widow.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who turn aside the stranger, and do not fear Me, says the Lord of Hosts.

Matthew 23:13

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven against men. For you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.

Acts 11:20

Some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.

Acts 11:26

When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a considerable crowd. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

Acts 11:29

Then every disciple, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea.

Acts 2:41

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized, and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

Acts 2:45

They sold their property and goods and distributed them to all, according to their need.

Acts 2:47

praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

Acts 4:35

and placed it at the apostles’ feet. And it was distributed to each according to his need.

Acts 4:4

But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men grew to about five thousand.

Acts 5:14

Believers were increasingly added to the Lord, crowds of both men and women,

Acts 5:28

saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? Yet now you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring on us this Man’s blood.”

Acts 6:2

So the twelve called the multitude of disciples together and said, “It is not reasonable for us to leave the word of God and serve tables.

Acts 6:7

So the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples grew rapidly in Jerusalem, and a great number of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Acts 9:29

And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus and disputed against the Hellenists. But they tried to kill him.

Acts 9:39

Peter rose up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Acts 9:41

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

Romans 12:7

if service, in serving; he who teaches, in teaching;

1 Corinthians 10:10

Neither murmur, as some of them also murmured and were destroyed by the destroyer.

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.

Deuteronomy 26:12

When you have finished tithing all the tithes of your income the third year, which is the year of tithing, and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow, that they may eat within your towns and be satisfied,

Philippians 3:5

I was circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, and a Hebrew of Hebrews; as concerning the law, a Pharisee;

1 Timothy 5:3

Honor widows that are widows indeed.

1 Timothy 5:9

Do not let a widow be counted unless she is over sixty years old, has been the wife of one man,

Hebrews 13:1

Let brotherly love continue.

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

James 4:5

Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “He yearns jealously for the spirit that lives in us” ?

James 5:9

Do not grumble against one another, brothers, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door.