Matthew 8:25

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“The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!””

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BSBPD

“The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Save, Lord; we perish.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and his disciples having come to him, awoke him, saying, `Sir, save us; we are perishing.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 8:25 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Chronicles 14:11Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 20:12Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
  3. Psalms 10:1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
  4. Psalms 44:22Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
  5. Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
  6. Jonah 1:6The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
  7. Mark 4:38But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”
  8. Luke 8:24The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm.

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