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Matthew 17:27

WEB

27But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin.[+] Take that, and give it to them for me and you.”

KJV

27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

BSB

27But 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.”

FBV

27But to avoid giving offense to anyone, go to the lake, and throw out a fishing line with a hook. Pull in the first fish you catch, and when you open its mouth there you'll find a stater coin.[+] Take the coin and give it to them for both me and you.”

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Extra References

2 Corinthians 6:3

3We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,


1 Corinthians 8:9

9But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.


1 Corinthians 9:19-22

19For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. 20To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law,[+] that I might gain those who are under the law; 21to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law. 22To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.


2 Corinthians 8:9

9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.


1 Corinthians 8:13

13Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forever more, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.


Romans 15:1-3

1[+] Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up. 3For even Christ didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”


Matthew 15:12-14

12Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”

13But he answered, Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted. 14Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”


Jonah 1:17

17The LORD prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.


Romans 14:21

21It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.


Psalms 8:8

8the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.