Luke 9:38 “Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at…”

Luke 9:38

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying, Teacher, I beseech thee to look upon my son; for he is mine only child:

Geneva Bible 1599

And beholde, a man of the companie cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, beholde my sonne: for he is all that I haue.

Darby Translation

And lo, a man from the crowd cried out saying, Teacher, I beseech thee look upon my son, for he is mine only child:

Young's Literal Translation

and lo, a man from the multitude cried out, saying, 'Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon my son, because he is my only begotten;

Bible in Basic English

And a man from among them, crying out, said, Master, I make a request to you, give a thought to my son, for he is my only child:

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Cross references

“look”

John 4:47 Luke 7:12 Matthew 15:22 Luke 8:41 Luke 8:42

John 4:47 · BSB

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.

Luke 7:12 · BSB

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.

Matthew 15:22 · BSB

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.”

Luke 8:41 · BSB

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

Luke 8:42 · BSB

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

“for”

Zechariah 12:10 Genesis 44:20

Zechariah 12:10 · BSB

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 gr…

Genesis 44:20 · BSB

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.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

39A 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.

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