Luke 7:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 1 Kgs 5:1 : 1 Now Hiram, king of Tyre, hearing that Solomon had been made king in place of his father, sent his servants to him; for Hiram had ever been a friend to David.
  • 1 Chr 29:3-9 : 3 And because this house of God is dear to me, I give my private store of gold and silver to the house of my God, in addition to all I have got ready for the holy house; 4 Even three thousand talents of gold of Ophir and seven thousand talents of the best silver, for plating the walls of the house: 5 Gold for the gold things, and silver for the silver things, and for every sort of work to be done by the expert workmen. Who then will come forward, offering himself this day for the Lord's work? 6 Then the heads of families and the chiefs of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the controllers of the king's business, freely gave themselves; 7 And they gave for the use of the house of the Lord, five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron. 8 And those who had stones of great price gave them to the store of the house of the Lord, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite. 9 Then the people were glad because their offerings were freely given, for with a true heart they freely gave what they had to the Lord; and David the king was full of joy.
  • 2 Chr 2:11-12 : 11 Then Huram, king of Tyre, sent Solomon an answer in writing, saying, Because of his love for his people the Lord has made you king over them. 12 And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.
  • Ezra 7:27-28 : 27 Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem; 28 And has given mercy to me before the king and his government and before all the king's great captains. And I was made strong by the hand of the Lord my God which was on me, and I got together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.
  • 1 John 3:18-19 : 18 My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith. 19 In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,
  • 1 John 5:1-3 : 1 Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child. 2 In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws. 3 For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 7:6-10
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    76%

    6And 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:

    7And 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.

    8For 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.

    9And 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.

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

  • Matt 8:5-10
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    75%

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

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

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

    8And 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.

    9Because 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.

    10And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

  • Luke 7:1-4
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    73%

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

    2And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.

    3And 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.

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

  • Matt 12:9
    68%

    9And he went from there into their Synagogue:

  • Luke 13:14
    67%

    14And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

  • Luke 13:10
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    10And he was teaching in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath.

  • Luke 4:15-16
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    66%

    15And he was teaching in their Synagogues and all men gave him praise.

    16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.

  • Luke 21:5
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    5And some were talking about the Temple, how it was made fair with beautiful stones and with offerings, but he said,

  • John 11:36
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    36So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him!

  • Acts 7:45-47
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    45Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David,

    46Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.

    47But Solomon was the builder of his house.

  • John 4:47
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    47When 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.

  • Ezra 7:27
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    27Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

  • Acts 18:7
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    7And moving from there, he went into the house of a man named Titus Justus, a God-fearing man, whose house was very near the Synagogue.

  • Mark 6:2
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    2And when the Sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing him were surprised, saying, From where did this man get these things? and, What is the wisdom given to this man, and what are these works of power done by his hands?

  • Matt 8:13
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    13And 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.

  • Mark 5:38
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    38And they came to the house of the ruler of the Synagogue; and he saw people running this way and that, and weeping and crying loudly.

  • John 11:48
    64%

    48If we let him go on in this way, everybody will have belief in him and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.

  • Luke 8:41
    64%

    41Then 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;

  • John 4:45
    64%

    45So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans took him to their hearts because of the things which they had seen him do in Jerusalem at the feast--they themselves having been there at the feast.

  • Luke 19:9
    64%

    9And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, for even he is a son of Abraham.

  • John 5:15
    64%

    15The man went away and said to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

  • Matt 23:6
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    6And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues,

  • Ezra 5:9
    64%

    9Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?

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

  • Mark 12:11
    64%

    11This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

  • Luke 4:20
    64%

    20And shutting the book he gave it back to the servant and took his seat: and the eyes of all in the Synagogue were fixed on him.

  • Mark 14:58
    64%

    58He said in our hearing, I will put an end to this Temple which is made with hands, and in three days I will make another without hands.

  • Luke 10:29
    63%

    29But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

  • Luke 17:11
    63%

    11And it came about that when they were on the way to Jerusalem he went through Samaria and Galilee.

  • John 2:20
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    20The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days!

  • Matt 13:54
    63%

    54And coming into his country, he gave them teaching in their Synagogue, so that they were greatly surprised and said, Where did this man get this wisdom and these works of power?

  • Luke 4:30
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    30But he came through them and went on his way.

  • Luke 7:41
    63%

    41And 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.

  • Luke 4:28
    63%

    28And all who were in the Synagogue were very angry when these things were said to them.

  • Acts 24:6
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    6Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took,