Cross references

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.

Luke 7:12 BSB

Luke 7:12 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 0 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Job 29:13 (3 votes) and Luke 8:42 (3 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 20 other books, from Genesis 22 to James 1.

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Which verses does Luke 7:12 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Job 29:133 votes

    The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

  2. Luke 8:423 votes

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

  3. Luke 8:523 votes

    Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”

  4. Acts 9:393 votes

    So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

  5. Acts 9:413 votes

    Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.

  6. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.

  7. “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”

  8. “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

  9. Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

  10. “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

  11. Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.

Which verses point to Luke 7:12?

The 10 strongest of 18.