Luke 18:38 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁸ So, he shouted out, “Jesus, you son of David, take pity on me.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ And he shouted, saying, Jesus, Son of David, take pity and have mercy on me!

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.

Common English Bible

³⁸ The blind man shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, show me mercy.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ And he cried out, saying, "Jesus, Son of David, take pity on me!"

Luke 18:38 Cross References

Matthew 9:27

Now as Jesus moved on from there, two blind men followed Him [i.e., probably being led by sighted persons]. They were shouting, “Have pity on us, son of David!”

Luke 18:39

But those walking in front [of Jesus] spoke harshly to the blind beggar, telling him to be quiet. But he continued shouting all the more, “You son of David, take pity on me.”

Matthew 15:22

Just then a Canaanite woman came out of that area [Note: Mark 7:26 calls her a Syrophoenician Gentile], crying, “O Lord, son of David, have pity on me. My daughter is seriously troubled by an evil spirit.”

Romans 1:3

It was about His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born as a physical descendant of King David.

Revelation 22:16

“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you people about these things for [the benefit of] the churches [See 1:4]. I am the Root and the descendant of King David, the bright Morning Star.”

Matthew 21:15

But when the leading priests and the experts in the Law of Moses saw the wonderful things [i.e., miracles] He was performing and [heard] the children shouting in the Temple, “Hosanna to the son of David,” [See note at verse 9], they were filled with anger [i.e., over the acclaim being given to Jesus].

Matthew 21:9

And the crowds that walked ahead and followed behind Him shouted, “Hosanna to the son of David. [Note: The Syriac word ‘Hosanna’ originally meant ‘save now’ but came to be used as an expression of welcome, praise, blessing or acclamation]. May He, who comes in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord, be blessed. Hosanna in the highest [i.e., may this blessing reach to the highest heaven].”

Matthew 12:23

All the crowds of people were amazed and said, “Can this [Jesus] be the son of David?”

Luke 18:37

And he was told that Jesus from Nazareth was passing by [that way].