Matthew 17:27 Cross References

Matthew 17:27

27: However, we don't want to offend them, so go down to the lake and throw in a line. Open the mouth of the first fish you catch, and you will find a coin. Take the coin and pay the tax for both of us."

1 Corinthians 9:19

  1. This means I am not bound to obey people just because they pay me, yet I have become a servant of everyone so that I can bring them to Christ.
  2. When I am with the Jews, I become one of them so that I can bring them to Christ. When I am with those who follow the Jewish laws, I do the same, even though I am not subject to the law, so that I can bring them to Christ.
  3. When I am with the Gentiles who do not have the Jewish law, I fit in with them as much as I can. In this way, I gain their confidence and bring them to Christ. But I do not discard the law of God; I obey the law of Christ.
  4. When I am with those who are oppressed, I share their oppression so that I might bring them to Christ. Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone so that I might bring them to Christ.

2 Corinthians 6:3

  1. We try to live in such a way that no one will be hindered from finding the Lord by the way we act, and so no one can find fault with our ministry.

2 Corinthians 8:9

  1. You know how full of love and kindness our Lord Jesus Christ was. Though he was very rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.

1 Corinthians 8:9

  1. But you must be careful with this freedom of yours. Do not cause a brother or sister with a weaker conscience to stumble.

Romans 15:1

  1. We may know that these things make no difference, but we cannot just go ahead and do them to please ourselves. We must be considerate of the doubts and fears of those who think these things are wrong.
  2. We should please others. If we do what helps them, we will build them up in the Lord.
  3. For even Christ didn't please himself. As the Scriptures say, "Those who insult you are also insulting me."

1 Corinthians 8:13

  1. If what I eat is going to make another Christian sin, I will never eat meat again as long as I live--for I don't want to make another Christian stumble.

Romans 14:21

  1. Don't eat meat or drink wine or do anything else if it might cause another Christian to stumble.

Jonah 1:17

  1. Now the LORD had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

1 Kings 17:4

  1. Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food."

Matthew 15:12

  1. Then the disciples came to him and asked, "Do you realize you offended the Pharisees by what you just said?"
  2. Jesus replied, "Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father will be rooted up,
  3. so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch."

Psalms 8:8

  1. the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents.

1 Corinthians 10:32

  1. Don't give offense to Jews or Gentiles or the church of God.
  2. That is the plan I follow, too. I try to please everyone in everything I do. I don't just do what I like or what is best for me, but what is best for them so they may be saved.

Hebrews 2:7

  1. For a little while you made him lower than the angels, and you crowned him with glory and honor.
  2. You gave him authority over all things." Now when it says "all things," it means nothing is left out. But we have not yet seen all of this happen.

James 2:5

  1. Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn't God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren't they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?

Genesis 1:28

  1. God blessed them and told them, "Multiply and fill the earth and subdue it. Be masters over the fish and birds and all the animals."

John 6:61

  1. Jesus knew within himself that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, "Does this offend you?

Jonah 2:10

  1. Then the LORD ordered the fish to spit up Jonah on the beach, and it did.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

  1. Keep away from every kind of evil.

Titus 2:7

  1. And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good deeds of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching.
  2. Let your teaching be so correct that it can't be criticized. Then those who want to argue will be ashamed because they won't have anything bad to say about us.
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