Luke 7:12

Legacy Standard Bible

Now as He approached the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a sizeable crowd from the city was with her.

Cross References

Genesis 22:12

And He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the boy, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only one, from Me.”

Genesis 22:2

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

2 Samuel 14:7

And behold, the whole family has risen against your servant-woman, and they say, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and destroy the heir also.’ Thus they will extinguish my coal which remains, so as to leave my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.”

1 Kings 17:12

But she said, “As Yahweh your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.”

1 Kings 17:18

So she said to Elijah, “What do I have to do with you, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my iniquity to remembrance and to put my son to death!”

1 Kings 17:23

Then Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, “See, your son is alive.”

1 Kings 17:9

“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and remain there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.”

2 Kings 4:16

Then he said, “At this season next year you will embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your servant-woman.”

2 Kings 4:20

Then he carried him and brought him to his mother, and he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.

Job 29:13

“The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me, And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Zechariah 12:10

“And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.

Luke 7:11

And it happened that soon afterwards He went to a city called Nain, and His disciples were going along with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.

Luke 7:13

And when the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her and said to her, “Do not cry.”

Luke 8:42

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. But as He went, the crowds were pressing against Him.

Luke 8:52

Now they were all crying and lamenting for her, but He said, “Stop crying, for she has not died, but is asleep.”

John 11:19

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

Acts 9:39

So Peter arose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood beside him, crying and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

Acts 9:41

And he gave her his hand and raised her up. And calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.