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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 9:38 in context
Luke 9:35–41
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A voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!”
36
When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.
37
On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great multitude met him.
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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.
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Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams; and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.
40
I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn’t.”
41
Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- The phrase “only born” is from the Greek word “μονογενη”, which is sometimes translated “only begotten” or “one and only”.
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