In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.
Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, we
Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being sav
Continue in brotherly love.
Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.
But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the
circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not
Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.
Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.
In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forest
Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I wil
He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers
And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to
“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and ar
The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreign
Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay thei
A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband,
If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to giv
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the