John 4:47

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.

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  • John 4:3 : 3 he left Judea and set out once more for Galilee.
  • John 4:54 : 54 Jesus did this as his second miraculous sign when he returned from Judea to Galilee.
  • John 11:21 : 21 Martha said to Jesus,“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
  • John 11:32 : 32 Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him,“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
  • Acts 9:38 : 38 Because Lydda was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him and urged him,“Come to us without delay.”
  • Ps 46:1 : 1 For the music director; by the Korahites; according to the alamoth style; a song. God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble.
  • Mark 2:1-3 : 1 Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic Now after some days, when he returned to Capernaum, the news spread that he was at home. 2 So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.
  • Mark 6:55-56 : 55 They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be. 56 And wherever he would go– into villages, towns, or countryside– they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
  • Mark 10:47 : 47 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout,“Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
  • Luke 7:6-8 : 6 So Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him,“Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof! 7 That is why I did not presume to come to you. Instead, say the word, and my servant must be healed. 8 For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one,‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another,‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave,‘Do this!’ and he does it.”
  • Luke 8:41 : 41 Then a man named Jairus, who was a leader of the synagogue, came up. Falling at Jesus’ feet, he pleaded with him to come to his house,

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  • John 4:48-54
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    48 So Jesus said to him,“Unless you people see signs and wonders you will never believe!”

    49 “Sir,” the official said to him,“come down before my child dies.”

    50 Jesus told him,“Go home; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home.

    51 While he was on his way down, his slaves met him and told him that his son was going to live.

    52 So he asked them the time when his condition began to improve, and they told him,“Yesterday at one o’clock in the afternoon the fever left him.”

    53 Then the father realized that it was the very time Jesus had said to him,“Your son will live,” and he himself believed along with his entire household.

    54 Jesus did this as his second miraculous sign when he returned from Judea to Galilee.

  • John 4:45-46
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    45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all the things he had done in Jerusalem at the feast(for they themselves had gone to the feast).

    46 Healing the Royal Official’s Son Now he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had made the water wine. In Capernaum there was a certain royal official whose son was sick.

  • Luke 7:2-4
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    2 A centurion there had a slave who was highly regarded, but who was sick and at the point of death.

    3 When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave.

    4 When they came to Jesus, they urged him earnestly,“He is worthy to have you do this for him,

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    14 The Disciples’ Failure to Heal When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,

    15 and said,“Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

    16 I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.”

  • Matt 8:5-8
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    5 Healing the Centurion’s Servant When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him asking for help:

    6 “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish.”

    7 Jesus said to him,“I will come and heal him.”

    8 But the centurion replied,“Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof! Instead, just say the word and my servant will be healed.

  • Mark 5:22-24
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    22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came up, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.

    23 He asked him urgently,“My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live.”

    24 Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him.

  • Luke 8:41-42
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    41 Then a man named Jairus, who was a leader of the synagogue, came up. Falling at Jesus’ feet, he pleaded with him to come to his house,

    42 because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.

  • 43 Onward to Galilee After the two days he departed from there to Galilee.

  • 40 So Jesus stopped and ordered the beggar to be brought to him. When the man came near, Jesus asked him,

  • John 5:6-7
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    6 When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized that the man had been disabled a long time already, he said to him,“Do you want to become well?”

    7 The sick man answered him,“Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, someone else goes down there before me.”

  • Luke 7:6-7
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    6 So Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him,“Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof!

    7 That is why I did not presume to come to you. Instead, say the word, and my servant must be healed.

  • 40 Cleansing a Leper Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help.“If you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said.

  • 35 The Man’s Response to Jesus Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him,“Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

  • 13 Then Jesus said to the centurion,“Go; just as you believed, it will be done for you.” And the servant was healed at that hour.

  • 18 Restoration and Healing As he was saying these things, a leader came, bowed low before him, and said,“My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live.”

  • 4 When Jesus heard this, he said,“This sickness will not lead to death, but to God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

  • 19 Then he said to the man,“Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well.”

  • 47 When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed.

  • 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking him to stay with them. He stayed there two days,

  • 3 he left Judea and set out once more for Galilee.

  • 15 The man went away and informed the Jewish leaders that Jesus was the one who had made him well.

  • 38 They came to the house of the synagogue leader where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.

  • Luke 9:37-38
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    37 Healing a Boy with an Unclean Spirit Now on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met him.

    38 Then a man from the crowd cried out,“Teacher, I beg you to look at my son– he is my only child!

  • 17 The Sermon on the Plain Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,

  • 47 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout,“Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

  • 25 And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan River.

  • 42 As the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him with convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

  • 30 So they left the town and began coming to him.

  • 7 A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her,“Give me some water to drink.”