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Mat 17:27 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

lest		Mat 15:12-14; Rom 14:21; Rom 15:1-3; 1Cr 8:9,13; 1Cr 9:19-22; 1Cr 10:32,33; 2Cr 6:3; 1Th 5:22; Tts 2:7,8
and take		Gen 1:28; 1Ki 17:4; Psa 8:8; Jon 1:17; Jon 2:10; Hbr 2:7,8
a piece of money		"""Or, a stater, half an ounce of silver, value 2s. 6d., after 5s. the ounce."""
that take		2Cr 8:9; Jam 2:5

Correlating Passages

lest

	Mat 15:12	Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
	Mat 15:13	But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
	Mat 15:14	Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
	Rom 14:21	[It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [any thing] whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
	Rom 15:1	We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
	Rom 15:2	Let every one of us please [his] neighbour for [his] good to edification.
	Rom 15:3	For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
	1Cr 8:9	But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
	1Cr 8:13	Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
	1Cr 9:19	For though I be free from all [men], yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
	1Cr 9:20	And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
	1Cr 9:21	To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
	1Cr 9:22	To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all [men], that I might by all means save some.
	1Cr 10:32	Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
	1Cr 10:33	Even as I please all [men] in all [things], not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of many, that they may be saved.
	2Cr 6:3	Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
	1Th 5:22	Abstain from all appearance of evil.
	Tts 2:7	In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine [shewing] uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
	Tts 2:8	Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

and take

	Gen 1:28	And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
	1Ki 17:4	And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
	Psa 8:8	The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas.
	Jon 1:17	Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
	Jon 2:10	And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
	Hbr 2:7	Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
	Hbr 2:8	Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing [that is] not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.

that take

	2Cr 8:9	For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
	Jam 2:5	Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 17:27," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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