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Luke 9:38

Parents and childrenSickness and healingPrayer

36 After the voice had spoken, only Jesus was present with them. The disciples kept this to themselves, and in those days they did not tell anyone what they had seen.

37 The next day, when they came down from the mountain, Jesus was met by a large crowd.

Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child.

39 A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him.

40 I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child.
KJV
And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.
WEB
Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only born child.
ASV
And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying, Teacher, I beseech thee to look upon my son; for he is mine only child:
DARBY
And lo, a man from the crowd cried out saying, Teacher, I beseech thee look upon my son, for he is mine only child:
BLB
And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, saying, “Teacher, I implore You to look upon my son, because he is the only begotten unto me.
ÅB
Og se, en mann av folket ropte: Mester! jeg ber deg: Se til min sønn! for han er min eneste,
OTB
En mann i mengden ropte: "Lærer, jeg ber deg se på min sønn, for han er mitt eneste barn."
B1930
Og se, en mann av folket ropte: Mester! jeg ber dig: Se til min sønn! for han er min eneste,

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  • Zechariah 12:10

    Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

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  • John 4:47

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

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  • Matthew 15:22

    And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”

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  • Luke 7:12

    As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

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  • Luke 8:41–42

    Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,

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  • Genesis 44:20

    And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

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