Acts 6:1

New Century Version

The number of followers was growing. But during this same time, the Greek-speaking followers had an argument with the other followers. The Greek-speaking widows were not getting their share of the food that was given out every day.

Cross References

Job 29:13

The dying person blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing.

Job 31:16

“I have never refused the appeals of the poor or let widows give up hope while looking for help.

Psalm 110:3

Your people will join you on your day of battle. You have been dressed in holiness from birth; you have the freshness of a child.

Psalm 72:16

Let the fields grow plenty of grain and the hills be covered with crops. Let the land be as fertile as Lebanon, and let the cities grow like the grass in a field.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good. Seek justice. Punish those who hurt others. Help the orphans. Stand up for the rights of widows.”

Isaiah 27:6

In the days to come, the people of Jacob will be like a plant with good roots; Israel will grow like a plant beginning to bloom. Then the world will be filled with their children.

Jeremiah 30:19

People in those places will sing songs of praise. There will be the sound of laughter. I will give them many children so their number will not be small. I will bring honor to them so no one will look down on them.

Ezekiel 22:7

The people in you hate their fathers and mothers. They mistreat the foreigners in you and wrong the orphans and widows in you.

Malachi 3:5

The Lord All-Powerful says, “Then I will come to you and judge you. I will be quick to testify against those who take part in evil magic, adultery, and lying under oath, those who cheat workers of their pay and who cheat widows and orphans, those who are unfair to foreigners, and those who do not respect me.

Matthew 23:13

“How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You close the door for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop others who are trying to enter. [

Acts 11:20

Some of these believers were people from Cyprus and Cyrene. When they came to Antioch, they spoke also to Greeks, telling them the Good News about the Lord Jesus.

Acts 11:26

and when he found Saul, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year Saul and Barnabas met with the church and taught many people there. In Antioch the followers were called Christians for the first time.

Acts 11:29

The followers all decided to help the believers who lived in Judea, as much as each one could.

Acts 2:41

Then those people who accepted what Peter said were baptized. About three thousand people were added to the number of believers that day.

Acts 2:45

They would sell their land and the things they owned and then divide the money and give it to anyone who needed it.

Acts 2:47

They praised God and were liked by all the people. Every day the Lord added those who were being saved to the group of believers.

Acts 4:35

and gave it to the apostles. Then the money was given to anyone who needed it.

Acts 4:4

But many of those who had heard Peter and John preach believed the things they said. There were now about five thousand in the group of believers.

Acts 5:14

More and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to the group of believers.

Acts 5:28

saying, “We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in that name. But look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are trying to make us responsible for this man’s death.”

Acts 6:2

The twelve apostles called the whole group of followers together and said, “It is not right for us to stop our work of teaching God’s word in order to serve tables.

Acts 6:7

The word of God was continuing to spread. The group of followers in Jerusalem increased, and a great number of the Jewish priests believed and obeyed.

Acts 9:29

He would often talk and argue with the Jewish people who spoke Greek, but they were trying to kill him.

Acts 9:39

So Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room where all the widows stood around Peter, crying. They showed him the shirts and coats Tabitha had made when she was still alive.

Acts 9:41

He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and the widows into the room and showed them that Tabitha was alive.

Romans 12:7

Anyone who has the gift of serving should serve. Anyone who has the gift of teaching should teach.

1 Corinthians 10:10

Do not complain as some of them did; they were killed by the angel that destroys.

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they from Abraham’s family? So am I.

Deuteronomy 26:12

Bring a tenth of all your harvest the third year (the year to give a tenth of your harvest). Give it to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows so that they may eat in your towns and be full.

Philippians 3:5

I was circumcised eight days after my birth. I am from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin. I am a Hebrew, and my parents were Hebrews. I had a strict view of the law, which is why I became a Pharisee.

1 Timothy 5:3

Take care of widows who are truly widows.

1 Timothy 5:9

To be on the list of widows, a woman must be at least sixty years old. She must have been faithful to her husband.

Hebrews 13:1

Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters.

James 1:27

Religion that God accepts as pure and without fault is this: caring for orphans or widows who need help, and keeping yourself free from the world’s evil influence.

James 4:5

Do you think the Scripture means nothing that says, “The Spirit that God made to live in us wants us for himself alone”?

James 5:9

Brothers and sisters, do not complain against each other or you will be judged guilty. And the Judge is ready to come!