Luke 5:19

New International Reader's Version

They could not find a way to do this because of the crowd. So they went up on the roof. Then they lowered the man on his mat through the opening in the roof tiles. They lowered him into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening David got up from his bed. He walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman taking a bath. She was very beautiful.

Jeremiah 19:13

The houses in Jerusalem will be made ‘unclean’ like Topheth. So will the houses of the kings of Judah. All these people burned incense on their roofs to all the stars. They poured out drink offerings to other gods.” ’ ”

Matthew 10:27

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight. What is whispered in your ear, shout from the rooftops.

Matthew 24:17

No one on the housetop should go down into the house to take anything out.

Mark 2:4

But they could not get him close to Jesus because of the crowd. So they made a hole by digging through the roof above Jesus. Then they lowered the man through it on a mat.

Deuteronomy 22:8

If you build a new house, put a low wall around the edge of your roof. Then you won’t be responsible if someone falls off your roof and dies.

1 Samuel 9:25

They came down from the high place to the town. After that, Samuel talked with Saul on the roof of Samuel’s house.