Luke 7:3

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And when the officer heard about Jesus, he sent [some] Jewish elders to Him asking that He come and heal his slave.

Cross References

Matthew 8:5

And when He had arrived at Capernaum, a military officer approached Him, begging,

Luke 7:2

And a certain military officer’s slave [was there], whom the officer highly valued. This slave was [so] sick that he was about to die.

Luke 7:4

And when they came to Jesus, they begged Him earnestly, saying, “This officer deserves that you should do this for him [i.e., heal his slave],

Luke 8:41

And just then an official of the [Jewish] synagogue named Jairus came to Him and fell at His feet [i.e., worshiping. See Matt. 9:18] and begged Him to go to his house,

Luke 9:38

Just then a man from the crowd shouted out, “Teacher, I beg you, look at my son [i.e., favorably], for he is my only child.

John 4:47

When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to Him and begged Him to come down [to Capernaum] and heal his son who was about to die.

Philemon 1:10

I appeal to you on behalf of my son, Onesimus, whom I [spiritually] conceived while [here] in prison.