Matthew 17:27

Revised Standard Version

However, not to give offense to 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 shekel; take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”

Cross References

Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon 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, whatever passes along the paths of the sea.

Jonah 1:17

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

Jonah 2:10

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

Matthew 17:26

And when he said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free.

Matthew 18:6

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

Matthew 18:8

And 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 maimed or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.

Matthew 5:29

If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than 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; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go 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 great millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

Mark 9:43

And 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 to hell, to the unquenchable fire.

Luke 17:2

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

John 6:61

But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, “Do you take offense at this?

Romans 14:21

it is right not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother stumble.

1 Corinthians 8:13

Therefore, if food is a cause of my brother's falling, I will never eat meat, lest I cause my brother to fall.

1 Corinthians 8:9

Only take care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

2 Corinthians 6:3

We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

abstain from every form of evil.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?