Luke 8:42

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.

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  • Luke 7:12 : 12 As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother(who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.
  • Luke 8:45 : 45 Then Jesus asked,“Who was it who touched me?” When they all denied it, Peter said,“Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing against you!”
  • Rom 5:12 : 12 The Amplification of Justification So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned–
  • Gen 44:20-22 : 20 We said to my lord,‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’ 21 “Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’ 22 We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’
  • Job 1:18-19 : 18 While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said,“Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, 19 and suddenly a great wind swept across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died! And I– only I alone– escaped to tell you!”
  • Job 4:20 : 20 They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
  • Ps 90:5-8 : 5 You bring their lives to an end and they“fall asleep.” In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up; 6 in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up. 7 Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath. 8 You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins.
  • Ps 103:15-16 : 15 A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes, 16 but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For no one knows what is best for a person during his life– during the few days of his fleeting life– for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.
  • Ezek 24:16 : 16 “Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears.
  • Ezek 24:25 : 25 “And you, son of man, this is what will happen on the day I take from them their stronghold– their beautiful source of joy, the object in which their eyes delight, and the main concern of their lives, as well as their sons and daughters:
  • Zech 12:10 : 10 “I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.
  • Mark 5:24 : 24 Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him.

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  • Luke 8:41
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    41Then 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,

  • Mark 5:22-28
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    22Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came up, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.

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

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

    25Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years.

    26She had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet instead of getting better, she grew worse.

    27When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,

    28for she kept saying,“If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed.”

  • Matt 9:18-25
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    18Restoration 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.”

    19Jesus and his disciples got up and followed him.

    20But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

    21For she kept saying to herself,“If only I touch his cloak, I will be healed.”

    22But when Jesus turned and saw her he said,“Have courage, daughter! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was healed from that hour.

    23When Jesus entered the leader’s house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd,

    24he said,“Go away, for the girl is not dead but asleep!” And they began making fun of him.

    25But when the crowd had been forced outside, he went in and gently took her by the hand, and the girl got up.

  • Luke 8:43-44
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    43Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years but could not be healed by anyone.

    44She came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak, and at once the bleeding stopped.

  • Luke 8:47-56
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    47When 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.

    48Then he said to her,“Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”

    49While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue leader’s house came and said,“Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.”

    50But when Jesus heard this, he told him,“Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”

    51Now when he came to the house, Jesus did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child’s father and mother.

    52Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said,“Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep!”

    53And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.

    54But Jesus gently took her by the hand and said,“Child, get up.”

    55Her spirit returned, and she got up immediately. Then he told them to give her something to eat.

    56Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.

  • Mark 5:38-43
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    38They came to the house of the synagogue leader where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.

    39When he entered he said to them,“Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep!”

    40And they began making fun of him. But he forced them all outside, and he took the child’s father and mother and his own companions and went into the room where the child was.

    41Then, gently taking the child by the hand, he said to her,“Talitha koum,” which means,“Little girl, I say to you, get up.”

    42The girl got up at once and began to walk around(she was twelve years old). They were completely astonished at this.

    43He strictly ordered that no one should know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.

  • Mark 5:34-36
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    34He said to her,“Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”

    35While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house saying,“Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?”

    36But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue leader,“Do not be afraid; just believe.”

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    25Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.

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    11Raising a Widow’s Son Soon afterward Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.

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  • Matt 15:22-23
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    22A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out,“Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!”

    23But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him,“Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”

  • Matt 15:28
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    28Then Jesus answered her,“Woman, your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.

  • Luke 9:38
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    38Then a man from the crowd cried out,“Teacher, I beg you to look at my son– he is my only child!

  • Mark 3:10
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    10For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

  • Matt 8:15
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    15He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve them.

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    14Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said,“Young man, I say to you, get up!”

  • Luke 13:13
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    13Then he placed his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.

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    42As 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.