Luke 9:38
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child.”
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“Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying, Teacher, I beseech thee to look upon my son; for he is mine only child:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and lo, a man from the multitude cried out, saying, `Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon my son, because he is my only begotten;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 9:38 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 44:20And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
- Zechariah 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
- Matthew 15:22And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”
- Luke 7:12As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
- Luke 8:41Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,
- John 4:47When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.
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