Acts 9:39

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Peter came with them and when he arrived, he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothes Dorcas had made for them while she was alive.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 1:3

Whenever we pray to our God and Father, we remember the work that your faith produces, the service that’s the result of your love, and the strength to continue that comes from your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 4:28

Anyone who used to steal must never steal again. Instead, they should work, doing something useful with their own hands, so that they will have something to share with people in need.

1 John 3:18

Dear children, let’s not love just with words or talk. Let’s really love, by doing something.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Brothers and sisters, we want you to know what happens to those who die. We don’t want you to mourn, as other people do because they don’t have any hope.

2 Corinthians 8:12

Do you really want to give? Then your gift will be measured by what you have, not by what you don’t.

Acts 20:35

In everything I did, I showed you that we must work hard and help the weak. We must remember the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

Acts 9:41

He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called the believers, especially the widows, and showed them that she was alive.

Acts 8:2

Godly people buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him.

Acts 6:1

In those days when the number of disciples was growing, the Greek-speaking Jews complained about the Jews who were native to Judea. They said that their own widows weren’t getting their fair share of the food that was given out each day to those in need.

John 17:12

While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe through the name you gave me. Not one of them has been lost, except the one headed for destruction, so that Scripture would come true.

John 12:8

You’ll always have the poor with you, but you won’t always have me.”

Luke 24:44

Jesus said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you. Everything that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must come true.”

Mark 14:8

She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body to prepare me for burial.

Matthew 26:11

You’ll always have the poor with you. But you won’t always have me.

Matthew 17:17

“You faithless, disobedient generation!” Jesus replied. “How long am I going to be with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”

Acts 1:13

When they got back, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Here’s a list of those who were there: Peter, John, James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

1 Timothy 5:3

Take care of widows who actually need help.

1 Timothy 5:5

A widow who truly needs help and is left all alone puts her hope in God. She keeps on praying night and day and asking God for help.