Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. {liberty: or, power}

For though I be free from all {men}, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

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.

Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

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. {belly: Heb. bowels}

Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

And it shall be, {that} thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

{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.

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, {and whatsoever} passeth through the paths of the seas.

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. {moveth: Heb. creepeth}

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? {of the: or, of that}

And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry {land}.

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: {lower...: or, while inferior to}

Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: {Gentiles: Gr. Greeks}

In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine {shewing} uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? {offend: or, scandalize, or, cause you to stumble}

Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this {fellow} perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all {things}. {maketh...: Heb. maketh glad the life}

They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. {drag: or, flue net}

Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

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.