Luke 8:42

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KJV King James Version

For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him,

WEB World English Bible

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.

ASV American Standard Version

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went the multitudes thronged him.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

because he had an only daughter about twelve years old, and she was dying. And in his going away, the multitudes were thronging him,

Surrounding context — Luke 8

39 Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.

40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people [gladly] received him: for they were all waiting for him.

41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:

42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.

43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

44 Came behind [him], and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press [thee], and sayest thou, Who touched me?

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Luke 8:45And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press [thee], and sayest thou, Who touched me?Luke 7:12Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.Psalm 90:5-8Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.Romans 5:12Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:Mark 5:24And [Jesus] went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.Ezekiel 24:16Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.Psalm 103:15-16[As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?Job 4:20They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding [it].Ezekiel 24:25Also, thou son of man, [shall it] not [be] in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,Job 1:18-19While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:Genesis 44:20-22And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.Zechariah 12:10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn.

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