Acts 6:1

New American Bible - revised edition

At that time, as the number of disciples continued to grow, the Hellenists complained against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution.

Cross References

Job 29:13

The blessing of those in extremity came upon me, and the heart of the widow I made joyful.

Job 31:16

If I have denied anything that the poor desired, or allowed the eyes of the widow to languish

Psalm 110:3

Yours is princely power from the day of your birth. In holy splendor before the daystar, like dew I begot you.

Psalm 72:16

May wheat abound in the land, flourish even on the mountain heights. May his fruit be like that of Lebanon, and flourish in the city like the grasses of the land.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow.

Isaiah 27:6

In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall sprout and blossom, covering all the world with fruit.

Jeremiah 30:19

From them will come praise, the sound of people rejoicing. I will increase them, they will not decrease, I will glorify them, they will not be insignificant.

Ezekiel 22:7

Within you, father and mother are dishonored; they extort the resident alien in your midst; within you, they oppress orphans and widows.

Malachi 3:5

I will draw near to you for judgment, and I will be swift to bear witness Against sorcerers, adulterers, and perjurers, those who deprive a laborer of wages, Oppress a widow or an orphan, or turn aside a resident alien, without fearing me, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 23:13

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the kingdom of heaven before human beings. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter. [

Acts 11:20

There were some Cypriots and Cyrenians among them, however, who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the Lord Jesus.

Acts 11:26

and when he had found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a large number of people, and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians. The Prediction of Agabus.

Acts 11:29

So the disciples determined that, according to ability, each should send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea.

Acts 2:41

Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand persons were added that day. Communal Life.

Acts 2:45

they would sell their property and possessions and divide them among all according to each one’s need.

Acts 2:47

praising God and enjoying favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.

Acts 4:35

and put them at the feet of the apostles, and they were distributed to each according to need.

Acts 4:4

But many of those who heard the word came to believe and [the] number of men grew to [about] five thousand. Before the Sanhedrin.

Acts 5:14

Yet more than ever, believers in the Lord, great numbers of men and women, were added to them.

Acts 5:28

“We gave you strict orders [did we not?] to stop teaching in that name. Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and want to bring this man’s blood upon us.”

Acts 6:2

So the Twelve called together the community of the disciples and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to serve at table.

Acts 6:7

The word of God continued to spread, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly; even a large group of priests were becoming obedient to the faith. Accusation Against Stephen.

Acts 9:29

He also spoke and debated with the Hellenists, but they tried to kill him.

Acts 9:39

So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs where all the widows came to him weeping and showing him the tunics and cloaks that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Acts 9:41

He gave her his hand and raised her up, and when he had called the holy ones and the widows, he presented her alive.

Romans 12:7

if ministry, in ministering; if one is a teacher, in teaching;

1 Corinthians 10:10

Do not grumble as some of them did, and suffered death by the destroyer.

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

Deuteronomy 26:12

When you have finished setting aside all the tithes of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithes, and have given them to the Levite, the resident alien, the orphan and the widow, that they may eat and be satisfied in your own communities,

Philippians 3:5

Circumcised on the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrew parentage, in observance of the law a Pharisee,

1 Timothy 5:3

Honor widows who are truly widows.

1 Timothy 5:9

Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years old, married only once,

Hebrews 13:1

Let mutual love continue.

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

James 4:5

Or do you suppose that the scripture speaks without meaning when it says, “The spirit that he has made to dwell in us tends toward jealousy”?

James 5:9

Do not complain, brothers, about one another, that you may not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates.