Matthew 17:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But, so that we may not be a cause of trouble to them, go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish which comes up; and in his mouth you will see a bit of money: take that, and give it to them for me and you.

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  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
  • 1 Kgs 17:4 : 4 The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.
  • Ps 8:8 : 8 The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.
  • Jonah 2:10 : 10 But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.
  • Matt 15:12-14 : 12 Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears? 13 But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots. 14 Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.
  • John 6:61 : 61 When Jesus became conscious that his disciples were protesting about what he said, he said to them, Does this give you trouble?
  • Rom 14:21 : 21 It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother.
  • Rom 15:1-3 : 1 We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves. 2 Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong. 3 For Christ did not give pleasure to himself, but, as it is said, The bitter words of those who were angry with you came on me.
  • 1 Cor 8:9 : 9 But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.
  • 1 Cor 8:13 : 13 For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.
  • 1 Cor 9:19-22 : 19 For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation. 20 And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law. 21 To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law. 22 To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.
  • 1 Cor 10:32-33 : 32 Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God. 33 Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.
  • 2 Cor 6:3 : 3 Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Keep from every form of evil.
  • Titus 2:7-8 : 7 In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour, 8 Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us.
  • Heb 2:7-8 : 7 You made him a little lower than the angels; you gave him a crown of glory and honour, and made him ruler over all the works of your hands: 8 You put all things under his feet. For in making man the ruler over all things, God did not put anything outside his authority; though we do not see everything under him now.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

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    26And when he said, From other people, Jesus said to him, Then are the sons free.

  • John 21:5-11
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    5So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No.

    6And he said to them, Let down the net on the right side of the boat and you will get some. So they put it in the water and now they were not able to get it up again because of the great number of fish.

    7So the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, It is the Lord! Hearing that it was the Lord, Peter put his coat round him (because he was not clothed) and went into the sea.

    8And the other disciples came in the little boat (they were not far from land, only about two hundred cubits off) pulling the net full of fish.

    9When they got to land, they saw a fire of coals there, with fish cooking on it, and bread.

    10Jesus said to them, Get some of the fish which you have now taken.

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  • Matt 22:19-20
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    19Let me see the tax money. And they gave him a penny.

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  • Mark 12:14-17
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    14And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?

    15Are we to give or not to give? But he, conscious of their false hearts, said to them, Why do you put me to the test? give me a penny, so that I may see it.

    16And they gave him one. And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? And they said to him, Caesar's.

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    19And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

  • Luke 5:2-7
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    2And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

    3And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.

    4And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.

    5And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.

    6And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken;

    7And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.

  • Mark 6:37-38
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    38And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

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  • Matt 10:9
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  • Mark 8:7
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  • Matt 28:15
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  • Luke 9:3
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    8And he said that they were to take nothing for their journey, but a stick only; no bread, no bag, no money in their pockets;

  • John 6:5
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    5Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?

  • Mark 2:14
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    14And when he went by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and he said to him, Come with me. And he got up, and went with him.