Luke 7:12

Good News Translation

Just as he arrived at the gate of the town, a funeral procession was coming out. The dead man was the only son of a woman who was a widow, and a large crowd from the town was with her.

Cross References

Genesis 22:12

“Don't hurt the boy or do anything to him,” he said. “Now I know that you honor and obey God, because you have not kept back your only son from him.”

Genesis 22:2

“Take your son,” God said, “your only son, Isaac, whom you love so much, and go to the land of Moriah. There on a mountain that I will show you, offer him as a sacrifice to me.”

2 Samuel 14:7

And now, sir, all my relatives have turned against me and are demanding that I hand my son over to them, so that they can kill him for murdering his brother. If they do this, I will be left without a son. They will destroy my last hope and leave my husband without a son to keep his name alive.”

1 Kings 17:12

She answered, “By the living Lord your God I swear that I don't have any bread. All I have is a handful of flour in a bowl and a bit of olive oil in a jar. I came here to gather some firewood to take back home and prepare what little I have for my son and me. That will be our last meal, and then we will starve to death.”

1 Kings 17:18

She said to Elijah, “Man of God, why did you do this to me? Did you come here to remind God of my sins and so cause my son's death?”

1 Kings 17:23

Elijah took the boy back downstairs to his mother and said to her, “Look, your son is alive!”

1 Kings 17:9

“Now go to the town of Zarephath, near Sidon, and stay there. I have commanded a widow who lives there to feed you.”

2 Kings 4:16

and Elisha said to her, “By this time next year you will be holding a son in your arms.” “Oh!” she exclaimed. “Please, sir, don't lie to me. You are a man of God!”

2 Kings 4:20

The servant carried the boy back to his mother, who held him in her lap until noon, at which time he died.

Job 29:13

People who were in deepest misery praised me, and I helped widows find security.

Zechariah 12:10

“I will fill the descendants of David and the other people of Jerusalem with the spirit of mercy and the spirit of prayer. They will look at the one whom they stabbed to death, and they will mourn for him like those who mourn for an only child. They will mourn bitterly, like those who have lost their first-born son.

Luke 7:11

Soon afterward Jesus went to a town named Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a large crowd.

Luke 7:13

When the Lord saw her, his heart was filled with pity for her, and he said to her, “Don't cry.”

Luke 8:42

because his only daughter, who was twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus went along, the people were crowding him from every side.

Luke 8:52

Everyone there was crying and mourning for the child. Jesus said, “Don't cry; the child is not dead—she is only sleeping!”

John 11:19

and many Judeans had come to see Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother's death.

Acts 9:39

So Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, he was taken to the room upstairs, where all the widows crowded around him, crying and showing him all the shirts and coats that Dorcas had made while she was alive.

Acts 9:41

Peter reached over and helped her get up. Then he called all the believers, including the widows, and presented her alive to them.

James 1:27

What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world.