Acts 6:1
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6 But as the believers[a] rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. The Greek-speaking believers complained about the Hebrew-speaking believers, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food.
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Acts 4:35
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35 and bring the money to the apostles to give to those in need.
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Acts 2:41
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41 Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all.
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James 5:9
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9 Don’t grumble about each other, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. For look—the Judge is standing at the door!
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Acts 9:39
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39 So Peter returned with them; and as soon as he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. The room was filled with widows who were weeping and showing him the coats and other clothes Dorcas had made for them.
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Acts 6:7
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7 So God’s message continued to spread. The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish priests were converted, too.
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Acts 2:47
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47 all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.
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Philippians 3:5
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5 I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure-blooded citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin—a real Hebrew if there ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law.
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Acts 11:20
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20 However, some of the believers who went to Antioch from Cyprus and Cyrene began preaching to the Gentiles[a] about the Lord Jesus.
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- 11:20 Greek the Hellenists (i.e., those who speak Greek); other manuscripts read the Greeks.
Acts 9:41
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41 He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then he called in the widows and all the believers, and he presented her to them alive.
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Acts 9:29
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29 He debated with some Greek-speaking Jews, but they tried to murder him.
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Acts 5:14
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14 Yet more and more people believed and were brought to the Lord—crowds of both men and women.
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Acts 4:4
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4 But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so the number of men who believed now totaled about 5,000.
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Hebrews 13:1
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Concluding Words
13 Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters.[a]
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- 13:1 Greek Continue in brotherly love.
2 Corinthians 11:22
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22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
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Matthew 23:13
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13 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.[a]
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- 23:13 Some manuscripts add verse 14, What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! You shamelessly cheat widows out of their property and then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public. Because of this, you will be severely punished. Compare Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47.
Malachi 3:5
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5 “At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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Jeremiah 30:19
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19 There will be joy and songs of thanksgiving,
and I will multiply my people, not diminish them;
I will honor them, not despise them.
Isaiah 27:6
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6 The time is coming when Jacob’s descendants will take root.
Israel will bud and blossom
and fill the whole earth with fruit!
Isaiah 1:17
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17 Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Help the oppressed.
Defend the cause of orphans.
Fight for the rights of widows.
Psalm 72:16
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16 May there be abundant grain throughout the land,
flourishing even on the hilltops.
May the fruit trees flourish like the trees of Lebanon,
and may the people thrive like grass in a field.
James 4:5
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5 Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him.[a]
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- 4:5 Or They say that the spirit God has placed within us is filled with envy; or They say that the Holy Spirit, whom God has placed within us, opposes our envy.
James 1:27
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27 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.
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1 Timothy 5:9
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9 A widow who is put on the list for support must be a woman who is at least sixty years old and was faithful to her husband.[a]
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- 5:9 Greek was the wife of one husband.
1 Timothy 5:4-5
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4 But if she has children or grandchildren, their first responsibility is to show godliness at home and repay their parents by taking care of them. This is something that pleases God.
5 Now a true widow, a woman who is truly alone in this world, has placed her hope in God. She prays night and day, asking God for his help.
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