Acts 16:30

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?””

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BSBPD

“Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and having brought them forth, said, `Sirs, what must I do--that I may be saved?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 16:30 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 25:4How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
  2. Job 34:32Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
  3. Isaiah 1:16Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
  4. Isaiah 58:6Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
  5. Isaiah 58:9Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
  6. Matthew 3:8Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
  7. Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
  8. Luke 3:10The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”
  9. John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
  10. Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
  11. Acts 9:6“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
  12. Acts 14:15“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
  13. Acts 16:17This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
  14. Acts 16:24On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
  15. Acts 22:10Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
  16. James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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