He said, “Don’t 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.”
Luke 7:12 - Y'all Version Bible As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the town was 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 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.”
He said, “Now take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.”
Now the whole family has risen against your servant, and they say, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also.’ Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth.”
She said, “As YHWH your God lives, I don’t have anything baked, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jar. I am gathering two sticks, so that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”
She said to Elijah, “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!”
Elijah took the child and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, “See, your son lives.”
“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.”
He said, “At this season next year, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your servant.”
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 Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication. They will look to me whom they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for his firstborn.
Soon afterward, he went to a city called Nain. Many of his disciples and a large crowd went with him.
When the Lord saw her, he felt gut-wrenching sympathy for her and said to her, “Don’t cry.”
because his one and only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying. But as Jesus was on his way, the crowd pressed against him.
Everyone was crying and mourning for her, but he said, “Y’all stop crying. She is not dead, but is asleep.”
Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.
Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived, they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing the robes and other garments that Dorcas had made while she was with them.
He gave her his hand and helped her stand her up. Then he called the saints and widows, and he presented her alive.
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.