Matthew 17:27 - Y'all Version Bible But so that we don’t offend them, go to the sea and throw out a hook. Take up the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition However, in order not to give offense and cause them to stumble [that is, to cause them to judge unfavorably and unjustly] go down to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find there a shekel. Take it and give it to them to pay the temple tax for Me and for yourself. American Standard Version (1901) But, lest we cause them to stumble, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a shekel: that take, and give unto them for me and thee. Common English Bible But just so we don’t offend them, go to the lake, throw out a fishing line and hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a shekel coin. Take it and pay the tax for both of us.” |
God blessed them, and God said to them, “Y’all are to be fruitful and multiply. Y’all are to fill the earth and subdue it. Y’all are to have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the land.”
You will drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
YHWH appointed a massive fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Then YHWH commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto the dry land.
Peter said to him, “From strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Then the children are exempt.
But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for them to have a huge millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is more beautiful for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be more excellent for them if they were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around their neck.
If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is more beautiful for you to enter life maimed than to go hell with two hands, into the unquenchable fire.
It would be better for them if they were thrown into the sea with millstone hung around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Does this cause y’all to stumble?
It is excellent to not eat meat, drink wine, or do anything that causes your sibling to stumble.
Therefore, if food causes my sibling to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I don’t cause them to stumble.
But y’all must be careful that y’all’s liberty doesn’t become a stumbling block to the weak.
We don’t give anyone anything that would cause stumbling, so that the deacon-work will not be discredited.
For y’all know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, he became poor for y’all’s sake, so that through his poverty y’all might become rich.
Y’all listen, my beloved siblings. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the empire which ʜᴇ promised to those who love ʜɪᴍ?