Matthew 17:27
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27 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.[a] Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”
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- Matthew 17:27 Greek stater, a silver coin worth four drachmas or approximately one shekel
2 Corinthians 6:3
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3 We (A)put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,
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2 Corinthians 8:9
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9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that (A)though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
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1 Corinthians 9:19-22
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19 For (A)though I am free from all, (B)I have made myself a servant to all, that I might (C)win more of them. 20 (D)To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. 21 To (E)those outside the law I became (F)as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but (G)under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. 22 (H)To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. (I)I have become all things to all people, that (J)by all means I might save some.
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1 Corinthians 8:9
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9 But take care (A)that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block (B)to the weak.
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1 Corinthians 8:13
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13 Therefore, (A)if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
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Romans 15:1-3
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The Example of Christ
15 (A)We who are strong (B)have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 (C)Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3 For (D)Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, (E)“The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”
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Romans 14:21
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21 (A)It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.[a]
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- Romans 14:21 Some manuscripts add or be hindered or be weakened
Jonah 1:17
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A Great Fish Swallows Jonah
17 [a] And the Lord appointed[b] a great fish to swallow up Jonah. (A)And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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- Jonah 1:17 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
- Jonah 1:17 Or had appointed
Psalm 8:8
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8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
1 Kings 17:4
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4 You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
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Matthew 15:12-14
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12 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were (A)offended when they heard this saying?” 13 He answered, (B)“Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted (C)will be rooted up. 14 Let them alone; (D)they are blind guides.[a] And (E)if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
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- Matthew 15:14 Some manuscripts add of the blind
Jonah 2:10
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10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.
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James 2:5
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5 Listen, my beloved brothers, (A)has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be (B)rich in faith and heirs of (C)the kingdom, (D)which he has promised to those who love him?
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Hebrews 2:7-8
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7 You made him for a little while lower than the angels;
you have crowned him with glory and honor,[a]
8 putting everything in subjection under his feet.”
Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, (A)we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.
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- Hebrews 2:7 Some manuscripts insert and set him over the works of your hands
1 Corinthians 10:32-33
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32 (A)Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to (B)the church of God, 33 just as (C)I try to please everyone in everything I do, (D)not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
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Genesis 1:28
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28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, (A)“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 heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
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1 Thessalonians 5:22
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22 Abstain from every form of evil.
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John 6:61
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61 But Jesus, (A)knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this?
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