Mark 9:41

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For I tell you the truth, whoever gives you a cup of water because you bear Christ’s name will never lose his reward.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 10:42 : 42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, he will never lose his reward.”
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.
  • Gal 5:24 : 24 Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the king will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
  • John 19:25-27 : 25 Now standing beside Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother,“Woman, look, here is your son!” 27 He then said to his disciple,“Look, here is your mother!” From that very time the disciple took her into his own home.
  • Rom 8:9 : 9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him.
  • Rom 14:15 : 15 For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.
  • 1 Cor 3:23 : 23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
  • 1 Cor 15:23 : 23 But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him.
  • 2 Cor 10:7 : 7 You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should reflect on this again: Just as he himself belongs to Christ, so too do we.

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