He said, *Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.*
Luke 7:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Just] as He drew near the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out–the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large gathering from the town was accompanying her. American Standard Version (1901) Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, there was carried out one that was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. Common English Bible As he approached the city gate, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, when he had drawn near to the gate of the city, behold, a deceased person was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow: and a great multitude of the city was with her. |
He said, *Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.*
He said, *Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Yitzchak, and go into the land of Moriyah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.*
Behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid, and they say, Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth.
She said, As the LORD your God lives, I don't have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
She said to Eliyahu, What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!
Eliyahu took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Eliyahu said, Behold, your son lives.
Arise, get you to Tzarfat, which belongs to Tzidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.
He said, At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son. She said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your handmaid.
When he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.
the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
It happened soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Na`in 1. Many of his talmidim, along with a great multitude, went with him.
When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, *Don't cry.*
for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.
All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, *Don't weep. She isn't dead, but sleeping.*
Many of the Judeans had joined the women around Marta and Miriam, to console them concerning their brother.
Kefa got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the holy ones and widows, he presented her alive.
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.