Luke 7:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹² Just as he neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow.  A large crowd from the town was also with her.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² [Just] as He drew near the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out–the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large gathering from the town was accompanying her.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, there was carried out one that was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

Common English Bible

¹² As he approached the city gate, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Then, when he had drawn near to the gate of the city, behold, a deceased person was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her.

Luke 7:12 Cross References

Genesis 22:12

Then he said, ‘Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.’

Genesis 22:2

‘Take your son,’ he said, ‘your only son Isaac, whom you love,  go to the land of Moriah,  and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.’

2 Samuel 14:7

Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant and said, “Hand over the one who killed his brother so we may put him to death for the life of the brother he murdered. We will eliminate the heir! ” They would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on earth.’

1 Kings 17:12

But she said, ‘As the Lord your God lives,  I don’t have anything baked #– #only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil  in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go and prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.’

1 Kings 17:18

She said to Elijah, ‘Man of God,  what do you have against me?  Have you come to call attention to my iniquity  so that my son is put to death? ’

1 Kings 17:23

Then Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upstairs room into the house, and gave him to his mother.  Elijah said, ‘Look, your son is alive.’

1 Kings 17:9

‘Get up, go to Zarephath  that belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman who is a widow to provide for you there.’

2 Kings 4:16

Elisha said, ‘At this time next year you will have a son in your arms.’ Then she said, ‘No, my lord. Man of God, do not lie to your servant.’

2 Kings 4:20

So he picked him up and took him to his mother. The child sat on her lap until noon and then died.

Job 29:13

The dying blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice.

Zechariah 12:10

‘Then I will pour out a spirit  , of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at  me whom they pierced. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for him as one weeps for a firstborn.

Luke 7:11

Afterwards he was on his way to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd were travelling with him.

Luke 7:13

When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her  and said, ‘Don’t weep.’

Luke 8:42

because he had an only daughter  about twelve years old, and she was dying. While he was going, the crowds were nearly crushing him.

Luke 8:52

Everyone was crying  and mourning for her.  But he said, ‘Stop crying, because she is not dead but asleep.’

John 11:19

Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.

Acts 9:39

Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him to the room upstairs. And all the widows approached him, weeping and showing him the robes and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Acts 9:41

He gave her his hand and helped her stand up. He called the saints and widows and presented her alive.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows  in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world.