Acts 6:2

World English Bible (2000)

The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, "It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables.

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  • Deut 1:9-9 : 9 I spoke to you at that time, saying, "I am not able to bear you myself alone: 10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as the stars of the sky for multitude. 11 Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you! 12 How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 13 Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you." 14 You answered me, and said, "The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do."
  • Exod 18:17-26 : 17 Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good. 18 You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone. 19 Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God. 20 You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover you shall 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 Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you. 23 If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all of these people also will go to their place in peace." 24 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. 25 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 They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard causes to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
  • Num 11:11-13 : 11 Moses said to Yahweh, "Why have you treated with your servant so badly? Why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me? 12 Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them forth, that you should tell me, 'Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you swore to their fathers?' 13 Where could I get meat to give to all this people? For they weep to me, saying, 'Give us meat, that we may eat.'
  • 2 Tim 2:4 : 4 No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
  • Neh 6:3 : 3 I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work, so that I can't come down. Why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?"
  • Acts 4:19 : 19 But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
  • Acts 21:22 : 22 What then? The assembly must certainly meet, for they will hear that you have come.
  • Acts 25:27 : 27 For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him."

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    3 Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

    4 But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word."

    5 These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;

    6 whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

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

  • Acts 6:1
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    1 Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.

  • Acts 15:6-7
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    6 The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.

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    6 Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?

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

  • Mark 6:36-37
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    36 Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat."

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    12 The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place."

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    16 But Jesus said to them, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat."

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  • Rom 12:7
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    29 But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.

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    13 When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:

  • John 6:11-13
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    11 Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; likewise also of the fish as much as they desired.

    12 When they were filled, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost."

    13 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten.

  • Acts 4:19
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    19 But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,

  • 2 Thess 3:8-9
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    7 with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

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    15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

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    24 Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, 'You must be circumcised and keep the law,' to whom we gave no commandment;

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    14 He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,

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    10 They only asked us to remember the poor--which very thing I was also zealous to do.

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    13 Don't you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?

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    9 But some of those who were of the synagogue called "The Libertines," and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.