Luke 19:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.”
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“So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he ran on before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that <FI>way<Fi> he was about to pass by.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 19:4 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 10:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
- 1 Chronicles 27:28Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the foothills. Joash was in charge of the stores of olive oil.
- Psalms 78:47He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
- Isaiah 9:10“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”
- Amos 7:14“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.
- Luke 5:19but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
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