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Acts 6:2

New Living Translation

2 So the Twelve called a meeting of all the believers. They said, “We apostles should spend our time teaching the word of God, not running a food program.

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American Standard Version

And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not fit that we should forsake the word of God, and serve tables.

Christian Standard Bible

The Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, “It would not be right for us to give up preaching the word of God to wait on tables.

English Standard Version

And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.

King James Version

Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them , and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

New American Standard Bible

So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

New International Version

So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables.

New King James Version

Then the twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable that we should leave the word of God and serve tables.

World English Bible

The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables.