Acts 6:1 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ In those days, as the number of disciples was increasing, there occurred a murmuring of the Greeks against the Hebrews, because their widows were treated with disdain in the daily ministration.

Matoleo zaidi

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW ABOUT this time, when the number of the disciples was greatly increasing, complaint was made by the Hellenists (the Greek-speaking Jews) against the [native] Hebrews because their widows were being overlooked and neglected in the daily ministration (distribution of relief).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

Common English Bible

¹ About that time, while the number of disciples continued to increase, a complaint arose. Greek-speaking disciples accused the Aramaic-speaking disciples because their widows were being overlooked in the daily food service.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ AND in those days, the number of the disciples increasing, there arose a murmuring of the Greeks against the Hebrews, for that their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

Acts 6:1 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

Job 29:13

The blessing of him who would have been destroyed came upon me, and I consoled the heart of the widow.

Job 31:16

If I have denied the poor what they wanted and have made the eyes of the widow wait;

Psalm 110:3

Confession and magnificence are his work. And his justice remains from age to age.

Psalm 72:16

I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me,

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good. Seek judgment, support the oppressed, judge for the orphan, defend the widow.

Isaiah 27:6

As they advance with violence against Jacob, Israel will flourish and spring forth, and they will fill the face of the world with offspring.

Jeremiah 30:19

And praise will go forth from them, with the voice of those who play. And I will multiply them, and they will not be lessened. And I will glorify them, and they will not be weakened.

Ezekiel 22:7

They have abused father and mother within you. The new arrival has been oppressed in your midst. They have grieved the orphan and the widow among you.

Malachi 3:5

And I will approach you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against evil-doers, and adulterers, and perjurers, and those who cheat the hired hand in his wages, the widows and the orphans, and who oppress the traveler, and who have not feared me, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 23:13

So then: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you close the kingdom of heaven before men. For you yourselves do not enter, and those who are entering, you would not permit to enter.

Acts 11:20

But some of these men from Cyprus and Cyrene, when they had entered into Antioch, were speaking also to the Greeks, announcing the Lord Jesus.

Acts 11:26

And they were conversing there in the Church for an entire year. And they taught such a great multitude, that it was at Antioch that the disciples were first known by the name of Christian.

Acts 11:29

Then the disciples declared, according to what each one possessed, what they would offer to be sent to the brothers living in Judea.

Acts 2:41

Therefore, those who accepted his discourse were baptized. And about three thousand souls were added on that day.

Acts 2:45

They were selling their possessions and belongings, and dividing them to all, just as any of them had need.

Acts 2:47

praising God greatly, and holding favor with all the people. And every day, the Lord increased those who were being saved among them.

Acts 4:35

and were placing it before the feet of the Apostles. Then it was divided to each one, just as he had need.

Acts 4:4

But many of those who had heard the word believed. And the number of men became five thousand.

Acts 5:14

Now the multitude of men and women who believed in the Lord was ever increasing,

Acts 5:28

and said: "We strongly order you not to teach in this name. For behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and you wish to bring the blood of this man upon us."

Acts 6:2

And so the twelve, calling together the multitude of the disciples, said: "It is not fair for us to leave behind the Word of God to serve at tables also.

Acts 6:7

And the Word of the Lord was increasing, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem was multiplied exceedingly. And even a large group of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Acts 9:29

He also was speaking with the Gentiles and disputing with the Greeks. But they were seeking to kill him.

Acts 9:39

Then Peter, rising up, went with them. And when he had arrived, they led him to an upper room. And all the widows were standing around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and garments that Dorcas had made for them.

Acts 9:41

And offering her his hand, he lifted her up. And when he had called in the saints and the widows, he presented her alive.

Romans 12:7

or ministry, in ministering; or he who teaches, in doctrine;

1 Corinthians 10:10

And you should not murmur, as some of them murmured, and so they perished by the destroyer.

2 Corinthians 11:22

They are Hebrews; so am I. They are Israelites; so am I. They are the offspring of Abraham; so am I.

Deuteronomy 26:12

When you will have completed the tithing of all your crops, in the third year of tithes, you shall give it to the Levite, and to the new arrival, and to the orphan, and to the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be satisfied.

Philippians 3:5

For I was circumcised on the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew among Hebrews. According to the law, I was a Pharisee;

1 Timothy 5:3

Honor those widows who are true widows.

1 Timothy 5:9

Let a widow be chosen who is no less than sixty years of age, who was the wife of one husband,

Hebrews 13:1

May fraternal charity remain in you.

James 1:27

This is religion, clean and undefiled before God the Father: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulations, and to keep yourself immaculate, apart from this age.

James 4:5

Or do you think that Scripture says in vain: "The spirit which lives within you desires unto envy?"

James 5:9

Brothers, do not complain against one another, so that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.