Luke 18:39
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!””
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“Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they that went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried out the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and those going before were rebuking him, that he might be silent, but he was much more crying out, `Son of David, deal kindly with me.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 18:39 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 32:26Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
- Psalms 141:1I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
- Jeremiah 29:12Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Matthew 26:40Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.
- Luke 8:49While He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.”
- Luke 11:8I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
- Luke 11:52Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
- Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
- Luke 18:15Now people were even bringing their babies to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them. And when the disciples saw this, they rebuked those who brought them.
- Luke 18:38So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
- Luke 19:39But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”
- 2 Corinthians 12:8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
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