Luke 5:19

Good News Translation

Because of the crowd, however, they could find no way to take him in. So they carried him up on the roof, made an opening in the tiles, and let him down on his bed into the middle of the group in front of Jesus.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:2

One day, late in the afternoon, David got up from his nap and went to the palace roof. As he walked around up there, he saw a woman taking a bath in her house. She was very beautiful.

Jeremiah 19:13

The houses of Jerusalem, the houses of the kings of Judah, and indeed all the houses on whose roofs incense has been burned to the stars and where wine has been poured out as an offering to other gods—they will all be as unclean as Topheth.”

Matthew 10:27

What I am telling you in the dark you must repeat in broad daylight, and what you have heard in private you must announce from the housetops.

Matthew 24:17

Someone who is on the roof of a house must not take the time to go down and get any belongings from the house.

Mark 2:4

Because of the crowd, however, they could not get the man to him. So they made a hole in the roof right above the place where Jesus was. When they had made an opening, they let the man down, lying on his mat.

Deuteronomy 22:8

“When you build a new house, be sure to put a railing around the edge of the roof. Then you will not be responsible if someone falls off and is killed.

1 Samuel 9:25

When they went down from the place of worship to the town, they fixed up a bed for Saul on the roof,