Luke 8:42

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Luke 7:12 : 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.
  • Luke 8:45 : 45 And Jesus said, Who was touching me? And when they all said, It is not I, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the people are pushing round you on every side.
  • Rom 5:12 : 12 For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil:
  • Gen 44:20-22 : 20 And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father. 21 And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him. 22 And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.
  • Job 1:18-19 : 18 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, Your sons and your daughters were feasting together in their oldest brother's house, 19 When a great wind came rushing from the waste land against the four sides of the house, and it came down on the young men, and they are dead; and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
  • Job 4:20 : 20 Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.
  • Ps 90:5-8 : 5 ... 6 In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry. 7 We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath. 8 You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.
  • Ps 103:15-16 : 15 As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field. 16 The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.
  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
  • Ezek 24:16 : 16 Son of man, see, I am taking away the desire of your eyes by disease: but let there be no sorrow or weeping or drops running from your eyes.
  • Ezek 24:25 : 25 And as for you, son of man, your mouth will be shut in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that on which their hearts are fixed, and their sons and daughters.
  • Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will send down on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of prayer; and their eyes will be turned to the one who was wounded by their hands: and they will be weeping for him as for an only son, and their grief for him will be bitter, like the grief of one sorrowing for his oldest son.
  • Mark 5:24 : 24 And he went with him; and a great number of people went after him, and came round him.

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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;

  • Mark 5:22-28
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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.

    24 And he went with him; and a great number of people went after him, and came round him.

    25 And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years,

    26 And had undergone much at the hands of a number of medical men, and had given all she had, and was no better, but even worse,

    27 When she had news of the things which Jesus did, went among the people coming after him, and put her hand on his robe.

    28 For she said, If I may only put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.

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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.

    19 And Jesus got up and went after him, and so did his disciples.

    20 And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe:

    21 Because, she said to herself, if I may but put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.

    22 But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.

    23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the players with their instruments and the people making a noise,

    24 He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him.

    25 But when the people were sent out, he went in and took her by the hand; and the girl got up.

  • Luke 8:43-44
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    43 And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had given all her money to medical men, and not one of them was able to make her well,

    44 Came after him and put her hand on the edge of his robe, and straight away the flowing of her blood was stopped.

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    47 And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away.

    48 And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.

    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.

    50 But Jesus at these words said to him, Have no fear, only have faith, and she will be made well.

    51 And when he came to the house he did not let any man go in with him, but only Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and her mother.

    52 And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.

    53 And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead.

    54 But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.

    55 And her spirit came back to her and she got up straight away: and he gave orders that food was to be given to her.

    56 And her father and mother were full of wonder, but he gave orders to them to say nothing about it to anyone.

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    38 And 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.

    39 And when he had gone in, he said to them, Why are you making such a noise and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping.

    40 And they were laughing at him. But he, having sent them all out, took the father of the child and her mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.

    41 And taking her by the hand, he said to her, Talitha cumi, which is, My child, I say to you, Get up.

    42 And the young girl got up straight away, and was walking about; she being twelve years old. And they were overcome with wonder.

    43 And he gave them special orders that they were not to say anything of this; and he said that some food was to be given to her.

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    34 And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be free from your disease.

    35 And while he was still talking, they came from the ruler of the Synagogue's house, saying, Your daughter is dead: why are you still troubling the Master?

    36 But Jesus, giving no attention to their words, said to the ruler of the Synagogue, Have no fear, only have faith.

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    25 But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having had news of him, came straight away and went down at his feet.

    26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.

  • Luke 7:11-12
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    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.

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    22 And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.

    23 But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.

  • 28 Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.

  • 38 And a man from among them, crying out, said, Master, I make a request to you, give a thought to my son, for he is my only child:

  • 10 For he had made such a great number well that all those who were diseased were falling down before him for the purpose of touching him.

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

  • 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.

  • 13 And he put his hands on her, and she was made straight, and gave praise to God.

  • 42 And while he was coming, he was pushed violently down and twisted by the evil spirit. But Jesus gave sharp orders to the unclean spirit, and made the boy well, and gave him back to his father.