Luke 7:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow, and with her was a large crowd from the town.

Cross References

Genesis 22:12

He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

Genesis 22:2

He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I shall show you.”

2 Samuel 14:7

Now the whole family has risen against your servant. They say, ‘Give up the man who struck his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he murdered, even if we destroy the heir as well.’ Thus they would quench my one remaining ember and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.”

1 Kings 17:12

But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jug; I am now gathering a couple of sticks so that I may go home and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.”

1 Kings 17:18

She then said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!”

1 Kings 17:23

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

1 Kings 17:9

“Go now to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there, for I have commanded a widow there to feed you.”

2 Kings 4:16

He said, “At this season, in due time, you shall embrace a son.” She replied, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not deceive your servant.”

2 Kings 4:20

He carried him and brought him to his mother; the child sat on her lap until noon, and he died.

Job 29:13

The blessing of the wretched came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

Zechariah 12:10

And I will pour out a spirit of compassion and supplication on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that, when they look on the one whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly over him as one weeps over a firstborn.

Luke 7:11

Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.

Luke 7:13

When the Lord saw her, he was moved with 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. As he went, the crowds pressed in on him.

Luke 8:52

Everyone was weeping and grieving for her, but he said, “Do not cry, for she is not dead but sleeping.”

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 got up and went with them, and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Acts 9:41

He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then calling the saints and widows, he showed her to be alive.

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.