Acts 20:34
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.”
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“You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and ye yourselves know that to my necessities, and to those who were with me, minister did these hands;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 20:34 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 6:2Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.
- Acts 18:3and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
- Acts 19:22He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
- 1 Corinthians 4:12We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
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