Acts 20:35

Acts chapter 20 · verse 35 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Context

v.34Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

v.35This passage

v.36And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and prayed with them all.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Acts 20:27

    For I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God.

  • Philippians 4:17

    Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.

  • 2 Corinthians 9:6

    But thisI say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

  • Luke 14:12

    And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

  • Hebrews 13:16

    But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

  • Ephesians 4:28

    Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.