Matthew 17:27
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27 Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a [a]piece of money; take that and give it to them for Me and you.”
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- Matthew 17:27 Gr. stater, the exact temple tax for two
2 Corinthians 8:9
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9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, (A)that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become (B)rich.
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2 Corinthians 6:3
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3 (A)We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed.
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1 Corinthians 9:19-22
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Serving All Men
19 For though I am (A)free from all men, (B)I have made myself a servant to all, (C)that I might win the more; 20 and (D)to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the [a]law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21 (E)to (F)those who are without law, as without law (G)(not being without [b]law toward God, but under [c]law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 22 (H)to the weak I became [d]as weak, that I might win the weak. (I)I have become all things to all men, (J)that I might by all means save some.
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- 1 Corinthians 9:20 NU adds though not being myself under the law
- 1 Corinthians 9:21 NU God’s law
- 1 Corinthians 9:21 NU Christ’s law
- 1 Corinthians 9:22 NU omits as
1 Corinthians 8:9
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9 But (A)beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become (B)a [a]stumbling block to those who are weak.
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- 1 Corinthians 8:9 cause of offense
1 Corinthians 8:13
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13 Therefore, (A)if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
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Romans 15:1-3
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Bearing Others’ Burdens
15 We (A)then who are strong ought to bear with the [a]scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 (B)Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to [b]edification. 3 (C)For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, (D)“The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.”
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- Romans 15:1 weaknesses
- Romans 15:2 building up
Romans 14:21
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21 It is good neither to eat (A)meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles [a]or is offended or is made weak.
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- Romans 14:21 NU omits the rest of v. 21.
Matthew 15:12-14
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12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13 But He answered and said, (A)“Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. (B)They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
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Jonah 1:17
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Jonah’s Prayer and Deliverance
17 Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And (A)Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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Psalm 8:8
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8 The birds of the air,
And the fish of the sea
That pass through the paths of the seas.
1 Kings 17:4
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4 And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the (A)ravens to feed you there.”
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James 2:5
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5 Listen, my beloved brethren: (A)Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be (B)rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom (C)which He promised to those who love Him?
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Hebrews 2:7-8
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7 You have made him [a]a little lower than the angels;
You have crowned him with glory and honor,
[b]And set him over the works of Your hands.
8 (A)You have put all things in subjection under his feet.”
For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now (B)we do not yet see all things put under him.
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- Hebrews 2:7 Or for a little while
- Hebrews 2:7 NU, M omit the rest of v. 7.
1 Corinthians 10:32-33
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32 (A)Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God, 33 just (B)as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
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Genesis 1:28
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28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, (A)“Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and (B)subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that [a]moves on the earth.”
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- Genesis 1:28 moves about on
Titus 2:7-8
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7 in all things showing yourself to be (A)a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, (B)incorruptibility,[a] 8 sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of [b]you.
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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 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples [a]complained about this, He said to them, “Does this [b]offend you?
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Jonah 2:10
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10 So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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