Luke 7:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² As he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died 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.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow: and a great multitude of the city was with her.

Luke 7:12 Cross References

Genesis 22:12

He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

Genesis 22:2

He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

2 Samuel 14:7

And now the whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they say, ‘Give up the man who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew’; and so they would destroy the heir also. Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant upon the face of the earth.”

1 Kings 17:12

And she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil in a cruse; and now, I am gathering a couple of sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”

1 Kings 17:18

And she said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to cause the death of my son!”

1 Kings 17:23

And Elijah took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, “See, your son lives.”

1 Kings 17:9

“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.”

2 Kings 4:16

And he said, “At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your maidservant.”

2 Kings 4:20

And when he had lifted him, and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died.

Job 29:13

The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Zechariah 12:10

“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of compassion and supplication, so that, when they look on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a first-born.

Luke 7:11

Soon afterward he went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him.

Luke 7:13

And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.”

Luke 8:42

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As he went, the people pressed round him.

Luke 8:52

And all were weeping and bewailing her; but he said, “Do not weep; for she is not dead but sleeping.”

John 11:19

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.

Acts 9:39

So Peter rose and went with them. And when he had come, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping, and showing tunics and other garments which Dorcas made while she was with them.

Acts 9:41

And he gave her his hand and lifted her up. Then calling the saints and widows he presented her alive.

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.