Luke 7:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.

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  • Gen 24:2-9 : 2 And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg: 3 And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living; 4 But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac. 5 And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came? 6 And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land. 7 The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land. 8 And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there. 9 And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing. 10 And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor. 11 And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water. 12 And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham. 13 See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get water: 14 Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.
  • Gen 24:27 : 27 And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.
  • Gen 24:35-49 : 35 The Lord has given my master every blessing, and he has become great: he has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and men-servants and women-servants and camels and asses. 36 And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has. 37 And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living; 38 But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son. 39 And I said to my master, What if the woman will not come with me? 40 And he said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make it possible for you to get a wife for my son from my relations and my father's house; 41 And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your oath. 42 And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey, 43 Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water and I say to her, Give me a little water from your vessel, and she says, 44 Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels; let her be the woman marked out by the Lord for my master's son. 45 And even while I was saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her vessel on her arm; and she went down to the spring to get water; and I said to her, Give me a drink. 46 And straight away she took down her vessel from her arm, and said, Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels. 47 And questioning her, I said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor, and Milcah his wife. Then I put the ring on her nose and the ornaments on her hands. 48 And with bent head I gave worship and praise to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, by whom I had been guided in the right way, to get the daughter of my master's brother for his son. 49 And now, say if you will do what is good and right for my master or not, in order that it may be clear to me what I have to do.
  • Gen 35:8 : 8 And Deborah, the servant who had taken care of Rebekah from her birth, came to her end, and was put to rest near Beth-el, under the holy tree: and they gave it the name of Allon-bacuth.
  • Gen 39:4-6 : 4 And having a high opinion of Joseph as his servant, he made him the overseer of his house and gave him control over all he had. 5 And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field. 6 And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.
  • 2 Kgs 5:2-3 : 2 Now the Aramaeans had gone out in bands, and taken prisoner from Israel a little girl, who became servant to Naaman's wife. 3 And she said to her master's wife, If only my lord would go to the prophet in Samaria, he would make him well.
  • Job 31:5 : 5 If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;
  • Prov 29:21 : 21 If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.
  • Matt 27:54 : 54 Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.
  • Luke 8:42 : 42 For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him.
  • Luke 23:47 : 47 And when the captain saw what was done, he gave praise to God, saying, Without doubt this was an upright man.
  • John 4:46-47 : 46 So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum. 47 When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.
  • John 11:2-3 : 2 (The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who put perfumed oil on the Lord and made his feet dry with her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.
  • Acts 10:1 : 1 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, the captain of the Italian band of the army;
  • Acts 10:7 : 7 And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times;
  • Acts 22:26 : 26 And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.
  • Acts 23:17 : 17 And Paul sent for a captain and said, Take this young man to your chief, for he has news for him.
  • Acts 27:1 : 1 And when the decision had been made that we were to go by sea to Italy, they gave Paul and certain other prisoners into the care of a captain named Julius, of the Augustan band.
  • Acts 27:3 : 3 And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.
  • Acts 27:43 : 43 But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:
  • Col 3:22-4:1 : 22 Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord: 23 Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men; 24 Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ. 25 For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position. 1 Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.

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  • Luke 7:3-14
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    85%

    3 And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him rulers of the Jews, requesting that he would come and make his servant well.

    4 And they, when they came to Jesus, made their request warmly, saying,

    5 It is right for you to do this for him, because he is a friend to our nation, and himself has put up a Synagogue for us.

    6 And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the man sent friends to him, saying, Lord, do not give yourself trouble: for I am not important enough for you to come into my house:

    7 And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.

    8 For I, myself, am a man under authority, having men under me; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

    9 And when these things were said to Jesus, he was surprised, and, turning to the mass of people coming after him, said, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

    10 And when those who were sent came back to the house they saw that the servant was well.

    11 And it came about, after a little time, that he went to a town named Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great number of people.

    12 Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

    13 And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.

    14 And he came near, and put his hand on the stretcher where the dead man was: and those who were moving it came to a stop. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Get up.

  • Matt 8:5-9
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    84%

    5 And when Jesus was come into Capernaum, a certain captain came to him with a request,

    6 Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.

    7 And he said to him, I will come and make him well.

    8 And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.

    9 Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

  • Matt 8:13-15
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    13 And Jesus said to the captain, Go in peace; as your faith is, so let it be done to you. And the servant was made well in that hour.

    14 And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill.

    15 And he put his hand on hers and the disease went from her, and she got up and took care of his needs.

  • Luke 7:1
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    1 After he had come to the end of all his words in the hearing of the people, he went into Capernaum.

  • John 4:46-47
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    75%

    46 So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum.

    47 When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.

  • Matt 17:14
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    14 And when they came to the people, a man went down on his knees to him, saying,

  • John 4:51-52
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    51 And while he was going down, his servants came to him and said, Your boy is living.

    52 So he put a question to them as to the hour when he became better; and they said to him, The disease went from him yesterday at the seventh hour.

  • Acts 10:7
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    7 And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times;

  • John 4:49
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    49 The man said, Sir, come down before my boy is dead.

  • Acts 10:1
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    1 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, the captain of the Italian band of the army;

  • Luke 8:41-42
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    41 Then there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler in the Synagogue: and he went down at the feet of Jesus, desiring him to come to his house;

    42 For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him.

  • Luke 23:47
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    47 And when the captain saw what was done, he gave praise to God, saying, Without doubt this was an upright man.

  • Mark 15:44
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    44 And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.

  • John 11:3
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    3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.

  • Matt 27:54
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    54 Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.

  • Matt 9:18
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    18 While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

  • Luke 17:7
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    7 But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

  • Acts 22:26
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    26 And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

  • Mark 5:22-23
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    22 And one of the rulers of the Synagogue, Jairus by name, came, and seeing him, went down at his feet,

    23 And made strong prayers to him, saying, My little daughter is near to death: it is my prayer that you will come and put your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and have life.

  • Mark 1:40
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    40 And a leper came to him and, going down on his knees before him, made a request, saying, If it is your pleasure, you have the power to make me clean.

  • Matt 8:2
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    2 And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

  • Mark 15:39
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    39 And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.

  • Mark 1:30
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    30 Now Simon's wife's mother was ill, with a burning heat; and they gave him word of her:

  • Luke 7:41
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    41 And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty.

  • Mark 7:32
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    32 And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him.

  • John 11:1
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    1 Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

  • Luke 8:49
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    49 While he was still talking, someone came from the house of the ruler of the Synagogue, saying, Your daughter is dead; do not go on troubling the Master.

  • Matt 14:14
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    14 And he came out and saw a great number of people and he had pity on them, and made well those of them who were ill.

  • Luke 17:12
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    12 And when he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a distance,