Bible verse
Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child.
Luke 9:38 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 9.
34 While Peter was speaking, a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.
35 And a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I have chosen. Listen to Him!”
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.
38 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.”
41 “O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”
42 Even while the boy was approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
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.
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:
ERV
And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying, Master, I beseech thee to look upon my son; for he is mine only child:
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