Verse
Acts 20:35 — I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to…
“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.”
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The verses around Acts 20:35.
33I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.
34Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
35I 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.
36And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
37And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,
Verse explanation
This saying attributed to Jesus does not appear in any of the four written Gospels. It is an example of a teaching of Jesus passed down orally and preserved only here, in Paul’s speech.
From the Acts 20 study in Bible in Stories.
Acts 20:35 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Tenho-vos mostrado em tudo que, trabalhando assim, é necessario supportar os enfermos, e lembrar as palavras do Senhor Jesus, que disse: Mais bemaventurada coisa é dar do que receber.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Em tudo eu vos tenho mostrado que trabalhando assim, é necessário dar suporte aos enfermos; e lembrar-se das palavras do Senhor Jesus, que disse: Mais bem-aventurado é dar do que receber.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Les he dado ejemplo en todo: trabajen para ayudar a los débiles, recordando las palabras del Señor Jesús: ‘Más bendición hay en dar que en recibir’”.
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In other languages: Português (Atos 20:35) · Español (Hechos 20:35)
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- 2 Corinthians 9:7Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God…
- Proverbs 11:25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
- Luke 6:38Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over…
- Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
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