Luke 4:25

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But I tell you of a trueth, many wydowes were in Israel, in the dayes of Elias, when heauen was shutte three yeres & sixe monethes, when great famishment was throughout all ye lande:

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  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elias ye Thesbite, which was of the inhabiters of Gilead, sayde vnto Ahab: As the Lorde God of Israel lyueth, before whom I stande, there shalbe neither deawe nor rayne these yeres, but according to my worde.
  • Jas 5:17 : 17 Elias was a man vnder infirmities euen as we are, and he prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne: and it rayned not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe monethes.
  • 1 Kgs 18:1-2 : 1 After processe of many dayes, the word of the Lord came to Elias in the third yere, saying: Go shewe thy selfe vnto Ahab, and I wyll sende rayne vpon the earth. 2 And Elias went to shewe him selfe vnto Ahab: and there was a great famishment in Samaria.
  • Isa 55:8 : 8 For thus saith ye Lord: My thoughtes are not your thoughtes, & your wayes are not my wayes.
  • Matt 20:15 : 15 Is it not lawfull for me, to do that I wyll with myne owne? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good?
  • Mark 7:26-29 : 26 The woman was a Greke, out of the nation of Syrophenissa: & she besought hym, that he woulde cast out the deuyll from her daughter. 27 But Iesus saide vnto her, let the children first be fedde: For it is not meete to take the chyldrens bread, and to caste it vnto litle dogges. 28 She aunswered, and saide vnto hym, euen so Lorde: neuerthelesse, the litle dogges also eate vnder the table, of the chyldrens crumbes. 29 And he sayde vnto her: For this saying, go thy way, the deuyll is gone out of thy daughter.
  • Luke 10:21 : 21 That same houre reioyced Iesus in the spirite, and sayde: I confesse vnto thee father, Lorde of heauen & earth, that thou hast hyd these thynges from the wise and prudent, and hast opened them vnto babes: Euen so father, for so it pleased thee.
  • Rom 9:15 : 15 For he sayth to Moyses: I wyll shewe mercy to whom I shewe mercy: And wyll haue compassion, on whom I haue compassion.
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 But O man, what art thou which disputest with God? Shall the worke say to the workeman, why hast thou made me on this fashion?
  • Eph 1:9 : 9 And hath opened vnto vs the misterie of his wyll, accordyng to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe.
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In whom also we are chosen, beyng predestinate accordyng to the purpose of hym who worketh all thynges after the councell of his owne wyll:

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  • Luke 4:26-27
    2 verses
    81%

    26And vnto none of the was Elias sent, saue vnto Sarepta, a citie of Sidon, vnto a woman that was a wydowe.

    27And many lepers were in Israel, in the tyme of Elizeus the prophete: and none of them was clensed, sauyng Naaman the Syrian.

  • 1 Kgs 17:7-17
    11 verses
    76%

    7And it chaunced after a while that the brooke dryed vp, because there fell no rayne vpon the earth.

    8And the word of the Lorde came vnto him, saying:

    9Up, and get thee to Zarphath, which is in Sidon, and dwell there: Beholde, I haue commaunded a wydow there to sustaine thee.

    10So he arose, and went to Zarphath: and when he came to the gate of the citie, beholde the widow was there gathering of stickes: And he called to her, and said: set me I pray thee a litle water in a vessel, that I may drincke.

    11And as she was going to fet it, he cryed after her, and saide: bryng me I pray thee a morsell of bread also in thyne hand.

    12She sayde: As the Lorde thy God lyueth, I haue no bread redy, but euen an handful of meale in a barrel, & a litle oyle in a cruse: And beholde, I am gathering two stickes, for to go in and dresse it for me and my sonne, that we may eate it, and dye.

    13And Elias saide vnto her, Feare not, go, and do as thou hast saide: but make me thereof a litle cake first of all, & bring it vnto me, and afterward make for thee and thy sonne.

    14For thus saith the Lord God of Israel: The meale in the barrel shall not be wasted, neither shal the oyle in the cruse be minished, vntil the Lorde haue sent rayne vpon the earth.

    15And she went, and did as Elias sayde: And she, and he, and her house, did eate a good space.

    16And the meale wasted not out of the barrell, neither was the oyle spent out of the cruse, according to the word of the Lorde which he spake by the hande of Elias.

    17And after these thinges, it happened that the sonne of the wyfe of the house fel sicke, & his sicknesse was so sore that there was no breath left in him.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1After processe of many dayes, the word of the Lord came to Elias in the third yere, saying: Go shewe thy selfe vnto Ahab, and I wyll sende rayne vpon the earth.

    2And Elias went to shewe him selfe vnto Ahab: and there was a great famishment in Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 17:24
    72%

    24And the woman said vnto Elias: Now I knowe that thou art a man of God, and that the worde of the Lorde in thy mouth, is true.

  • 2 Kgs 8:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Then spake Elisa vnto the woman (whose sonne he had restored to lyfe againe) saying: Up, and go thou and thyne house, and soiourne where so euer thou canst: For the Lord hath called for a dearth, and the same shall come vpon the lande seuen yeres.

    2And the woman arose, and dyd after the saying of the man of God, and went both she and her houshold, & soiourned in the land of the Philistines seue yeres.

  • Jas 5:17
    70%

    17Elias was a man vnder infirmities euen as we are, and he prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne: and it rayned not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe monethes.

  • Luke 21:2-4
    3 verses
    70%

    2He saw also a certaine poore wydowe, which caste in thyther two unites.

    3And he sayde, Of a trueth I say vnto you, that this poore wydowe hath put in more then they all.

    4For they all haue of their superfluitie added vnto the offerynges of God: but she of her penurie hath cast in al the substaunce that she had.

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1And Elias ye Thesbite, which was of the inhabiters of Gilead, sayde vnto Ahab: As the Lorde God of Israel lyueth, before whom I stande, there shalbe neither deawe nor rayne these yeres, but according to my worde.

    2And the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying:

  • Mark 12:43
    69%

    43And he called vnto hym his disciples, and sayth vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, that this poore widdowe hath cast more in, then all they which haue cast into the treasurie.

  • Luke 7:12
    69%

    12When he came nye to the gate of the citie, beholde, there was a dead man caryed out, which was the only sonne of his mother, and she was a widdowe: And much people of the citie was with her.

  • 2 Kgs 4:1-5
    5 verses
    68%

    1And there cryed a certayne woman of the wyues of the sonnes of the prophetes, vnto Elisa, saying: Thy seruaunt my husband is dead, & thou knowest that thy seruaunt did feare the Lorde: And the creditor is come to fet my two sonnes to be his bondmen.

    2Elisa saide vnto her: Tell me what I shall do for thee? What hast thou in thyne house? She saide: Thyne handemayde hath nothing at all in the house, saue a pitcher with oyle.

    3He saide vnto her: Go, and borow vessels for thee of them that are without, euen of all thy neighbours, emptie vessels, and that not a fewe:

    4And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the doore after thee and after thy sonnes, and powre out into all those vessels: and set asyde that which is full.

    5And so she went from him, and shut the doore after her & after her sonnes: And they brought to her, & she powred out.

  • 1 Tim 5:16
    68%

    16Yf any man or woman that beleueth haue wydowes, let them susteine them, & let not the Churches be charged, that there maye be sufficient for them that are wydowes in deede.

  • 1 Kgs 18:41
    68%

    41And Elias sayde vnto Ahab: Get thee vp, eate and drinke: for there is a sounde of much rayne.

  • 2 Kgs 4:8
    68%

    8And it fell on a day, that Elisa came to Sunem, where was a great woman, that toke him in for to eate bread: And so it came to passe, that from that tyme foorth (as oft as he came that way) he turned in thyther to eate bread.

  • Luke 4:24
    68%

    24And he saide: Ueryly I say vnto you, no prophete is accepted in his owne countrey.

  • 1 Tim 5:3
    67%

    3Honour wydowes, whiche are wydowes in deede.

  • 2 Kgs 7:2
    67%

    2Then a certayne lorde (on whose hand the king leaned) aunswered the man of God, and sayde: Beholde, if the Lorde would make windowes in heaue, might this saying come to passe? He sayde: Behold, thou shalt see it with thyne eyes, but shalt not eate therof.

  • 1 Tim 5:5
    67%

    5And she that is a wydowe in deede, and left alone, hopeth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers nyght and day.

  • 1 Kgs 18:13
    67%

    13Was it not tolde my lorde what I did, when Iezabel slue the prophets of the Lorde? how I hid an hundred men of the Lordes prophets, fiftie men in one caue, and fiftie in another, and prouided them of bread and water?

  • 1 Kgs 18:43-45
    3 verses
    67%

    43And sayde to his seruaunt: Go vp I pray thee and loke towarde the way of the sea. And he went vp, and loked, and sayde: There is nothing. And againe he sayde: Go againe seuen times.

    44And it fortuned that at the seuenth time, he sayde: Beholde there aryseth a litle cloude of the sea lyke a mans hand. He sayde: Go, and say vnto Ahab, Make fast thy charet and get thee downe, that the rayne stoppe thee not.

    45And it came to passe, that in the meane whyle the heauen was blacke with cloudes and winde, & there was a great rayne: And Ahab gat vp, and came to Iezrahel.

  • Mal 4:5
    67%

    5Beholde, I wyll send you Elias the prophete, before the comming of the great and fearefull day of the Lorde.

  • 1 Kgs 17:4
    67%

    4Thou shalt drinke of the ryuer, and I haue commaunded the rauens to feede thee there.

  • 1 Kgs 18:4
    66%

    4For when Iezabel destroyed the prophets of the Lord, Obadia toke an hundred prophets, and hid them by fiftie in a caue, and prouided bread and water for them.)

  • Luke 2:37
    66%

    37And she had ben a wydowe about fourescore and foure yeres, whiche departed not from the temple, but serued God with fastynges and prayers nyght and day.

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
    66%

    28And the worde of the Lorde came to Elia the Thesbyte, saying:

  • 1 Tim 5:9
    66%

    9Let not a wydowe be chosen vnder three score yeres olde, hauyng ben the wyfe of one man.

  • Luke 18:3
    66%

    3And there was a certayne widdowe in the same citie, and she came vnto him, saying: Auenge me of mine aduersarie.

  • Amos 4:7
    66%

    7And also I haue withholden the rayne from you when there were yet three monethes to the haruest, and I caused it to rayne vpon one citie, and haue not caused it to rayne vpon an other citie: one peece was raigned vpon, & the peece whervpon it rayned not, withered.