Luke 7:12

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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.

Cross References

Genesis 22:12

And he said to him, "Do not extend your hand over the boy, and do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, since you have not spared your only begotten son for my sake."

Genesis 22:2

He said to him: "Take your only begotten son Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of vision. And there you shall offer him as a holocaust upon one of the mountains, which I will show to you."

2 Samuel 14:7

And behold, the whole family, rising up against your handmaid, said: 'Deliver him who struck down his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and so that we may do away with the heir.' And they are seeking to extinguish my spark that is left, so that there may not survive a name for my husband, nor a remnant upon the earth."

1 Kings 17:12

And she responded: "As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, except a handful of flour in a jar, and a little oil in a bottle. See, I am collecting a couple of sticks, so that I may go in and make it for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die."

1 Kings 17:18

Therefore, she said to Elijah: "What is there between you and me, O man of God? Have you entered to me, so that my iniquities would be remembered, and so that you would put to death my son?"

1 Kings 17:23

And Elijah took the boy, and he brought him down from the upper room to the lower part of the house. And he gave him to his mother. And he said to her, "See, your son lives."

1 Kings 17:9

"Rise up, and go to Zarephath of the Sidonians, and dwell there. For I have instructed a widowed woman there to feed you."

2 Kings 4:16

he said to her, "At this time, and at this same hour, with life as a companion, you will have a son in your womb." But she responded, "Do not, I ask you, my lord, a man of God, do not be willing to lie to your handmaid."

2 Kings 4:20

But when he had taken him, and he had led him to his mother, she placed him upon her knees, until midday, and then he died.

Job 29:13

The blessing of him who would have been destroyed came upon me, and I consoled the heart of the widow.

Zechariah 12:10

And I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of prayers. And they will look upon me, whom they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they will feel sorrow over him, as one would be sorrowful at the death of a firstborn.

Luke 7:11

And it happened afterwards that he went to a city, which is called Nain. And his disciples, and an abundant crowd, went with him.

Luke 7:13

And when the Lord had seen her, being moved by mercy over her, he said to her, "Do not weep."

Luke 8:42

For he had an only daughter, nearly twelve years old, and she was dying. And it happened that, as he was going there, he was hemmed in by the crowd.

Luke 8:52

Now all were weeping and mourning for her. But he said: "Do not weep. The girl is not dead, but only sleeping."

John 11:19

And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, so as to console them over their brother.

Acts 9:39

Then Peter, rising up, went with them. And when he had arrived, they led him to an upper room. And all the widows were standing around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and garments that Dorcas had made for them.

Acts 9:41

And offering her his hand, he lifted her up. And when he had called in the saints and the widows, he presented her alive.

James 1:27

This is religion, clean and undefiled before God the Father: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulations, and to keep yourself immaculate, apart from this age.