Acts 6:2

American Standard Version (1901)

And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not fit that we should forsake the word of God, and serve tables.

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  • Deut 1:9-9 : 9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: 10 Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you! 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you. 14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good [for us] to do.
  • Exod 18:17-26 : 17 And Moses' father-in-law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. 18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people to Godward, and bring thou the causes unto God: 20 and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: 22 and let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear [the burden] with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people also shall go to their place in peace. 24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
  • Num 11:11-13 : 11 And Moses said unto Jehovah, Wherefore hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? 12 Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? 13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
  • 2 Tim 2:4 : 4 No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
  • Neh 6:3 : 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
  • Acts 4:19 : 19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken unto you rather than unto God, judge ye:
  • Acts 21:22 : 22 What is it therefore? They will certainly hear that thou art come.
  • Acts 25:27 : 27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not withal to signify the charges against him.

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    3Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

    4But we will continue stedfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word.

    5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus a proselyte of Antioch;

    6whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them.

    7And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

  • Acts 6:1
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    1Now 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.

  • Acts 15:6-7
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    6And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter.

    7And when there had been much questioning, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Brethren, ye know that a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

  • Acts 13:2
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    2And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

  • 1 Cor 9:6
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    6Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?

  • Acts 4:35
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    35and laid them at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto each, according as any one had need.

  • Mark 6:36-37
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    36send them away, that they may go into the country and villages round about, and buy themselves somewhat to eat.

    37But he answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred shillings' worth of bread, and give them to eat?

  • Luke 9:12-13
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    12And the day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages and country round about, and lodge, and get provisions: for we are here in a desert place.

    13But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy food for all this people.

  • Matt 14:16
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    16But Jesus said unto them, They have no need to go away; give ye them to eat.

  • Acts 11:29
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    29And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judea:

  • Rom 12:7
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    7or ministry, [let us give ourselves] to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching;

  • Acts 5:29
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    29But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

  • Luke 6:13
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    13And when it was day, he called his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom also he named apostles:

  • John 6:11-13
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    11Jesus therefore took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down; likewise also of the fishes as much as they would.

    12And when they were filled, he saith unto his disciples, Gather up the broken pieces which remain over, that nothing be lost.

    13So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which remained over unto them that had eaten.

  • Acts 4:19
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    19But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken unto you rather than unto God, judge ye:

  • 2 Thess 3:8-9
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    8neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

    9not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

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    15And in these days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and said (and there was a multitude of persons [gathered] together, about a hundred and twenty),

  • Eph 6:7
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    7with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men:

  • 2 Cor 8:20
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    20Avoiding this, that any man should blame us in [the matter of] this bounty which is ministered by us:

  • Acts 15:28
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    28For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:

  • John 6:67
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    67Jesus said therefore unto the twelve, Would ye also go away?

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

  • Acts 15:19
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    19Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God;

  • Mark 6:31
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    31And he saith unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

  • Acts 4:15-16
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    15But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

    16saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been wrought through them, is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

  • Acts 15:24-25
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    24Forasmuch as we have heard that certain who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls; to whom we gave no commandment;

    25it seemed good unto us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

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    46And day by day, continuing stedfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,

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    7Philip answered him, Two hundred shillings' worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.

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    2Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to [the will of] God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

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    42And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.

  • Heb 6:10
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    10for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.

  • John 6:5
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    5Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat?

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    21Of the men therefore that have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,

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    2And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, [the brethren] appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

  • Mark 3:14
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    14And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

  • Gal 2:10
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    10only [they would] that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.

  • 1 Cor 9:13
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    13Know ye not that they that minister about sacred things eat [of] the things of the temple, [and] they that wait upon the altar have their portion with the altar?

  • Acts 6:9
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    9But there arose certain of them that were of the synagogue called [the synagogue] of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.