“But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”
We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.
Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you
Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stum
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of th
Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of th
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He
And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor
In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
Aware that His disciples were grumbling about this teaching, Jesus asked them, “Does this offend you?
Abstain from every form of evil.