Matthew 17:27

Modern English Version

However, lest we offend them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up. And when you open its mouth, you will find a coin. Take it and give it to them for you and Me.”

Cross References

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

1 Kings 17:4

You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

Psalm 8:8

the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever travels the paths of the seas.

Jonah 1:17

Now the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah 2:10

Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon dry land.

Matthew 17:26

Peter said to Him, “From strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free.

Matthew 18:6

“But whoever misleads one of these little ones who believe in Me, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung about his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

Matthew 18:8

Therefore if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life lame or maimed than having two hands or two feet to be thrown into eternal fire.

Matthew 5:29

And if your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away. For it is profitable that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body be thrown into hell.

Matthew 5:30

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body be thrown into hell.

Mark 9:42

“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

Mark 9:43

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched,

Luke 17:2

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than to offend one of these little ones.

John 6:61

Knowing in Himself that His disciples murmured about it, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?

Romans 14:21

It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine, nor do anything whereby your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.

1 Corinthians 8:13

Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I cause my brother to stumble.

1 Corinthians 8:9

But take heed, lest by any means this liberty of yours becomes a stumbling block to those who are weak.

2 Corinthians 6:3

We give no offense in anything, that our service may not be blamed.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that through His poverty you might be rich.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from all appearances of evil.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers. Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?