He asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?”

Do everything without grumbling or arguing,

When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law ¹  arguing with them.

How painful ¹  are honest words! But ²  what does your reproof ³  prove? ⁴ 

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Then ¹  they came to Capernaum. ²  After Jesus ³  was inside the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”

So Paul ¹  entered ²  the synagogue ³  and spoke out fearlessly ⁴  for three months, addressing ⁵  and convincing ⁶  them about the kingdom of God. ⁷ 

They did not find me arguing ¹  with anyone or stirring up a crowd ²  in the temple courts ³  or in the synagogues ⁴  or throughout the city, ⁵ 

But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

Now an argument started among the disciples ¹  as to which of them might be ²  the greatest.

Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion.

But even ¹  when Michael the archangel ²  was arguing with the devil and debating with him ³  concerning Moses’ body, he did not dare to bring a slanderous judgment, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”

Will ¹  there be an end to your ²  windy words? ³  Or what provokes ⁴  you that you answer? ⁵ 

Job ¹  has not directed ²  his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments. ³ 

I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense. ¹ 

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, ¹  lest you yourself also be like him. ² 

Answer a fool according to his folly, ¹  lest he be wise in his own estimation. ² 

Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus ¹  began complaining about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven,”

He was speaking and debating ¹  with the Greek-speaking Jews, ²  but they were trying to kill him.

On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through ¹  the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are.” ²