Verse 25
Luke 4:25
Bible in Basic English
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Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;
Original Language Text
greek
ἐπ’ ἀληθείας δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν, πολλαὶ χῆραι ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἠλίου ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ, ὅτε ἐκλείσθη ὁ οὐρανὸς ⸀ἐπὶ ἔτη τρία καὶ μῆνας ἕξ, ὡς ἐγένετο λιμὸς μέγας ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν,
English Translation
Truly I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elijah in Israel, when the sky was shut for three years and six months, and a great famine occurred over all the land.
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Chapter 4 Context
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And Yashua (Jesus), full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the Jordan, and was guided by the Spirit...
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For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came t...
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And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God (Elohim), give orders to this stone to becom...
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And Yashua (Jesus) made answer to him, It has been said in the Writings, Bread is not man's only nee...
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And he took him up and let him see all the kingdoms of the earth in a minute of time.
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And the Evil One said, I will give you authority over all these, and the glory of them, for it has b...
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If then you will give worship to me, it will all be yours.
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And Yashua (Jesus) in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord...
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And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you...
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He will give his angels orders to take care of you:
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And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
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And Yashua (Jesus) made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord...
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And when all these tests were ended the Evil One went away from him for a time.
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14
And Yashua (Jesus) came back to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news of him went through...
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15
And he was teaching in their Synagogues and all men gave him praise.
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And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagog...
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And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him and, opening the book, he came on the place wher...
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The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he ha...
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To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure is come.
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And shutting the book he gave it back to the servant and took his seat: and the eyes of all in the S...
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Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing.
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And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and...
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And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the th...
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And he said to them, Truly I say to you, No prophet is honoured in his country.
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Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven w...
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But Elijah was not sent to one of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who...
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And there were a number of lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and not one of them w...
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And all who were in the Synagogue were very angry when these things were said to them.
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And they got up and took him out of the town to the edge of the mountain on which their town was, so...
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But he came through them and went on his way.
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And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee; and he was giving them teaching on the Sabbath.
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And they were surprised at his teaching, for his word was with authority.
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And there was a man in the Synagogue who had an unclean spirit; and he gave a loud cry and said,
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Let us be! what have we to do with you, Yashua (Jesus) of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to u...
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And Yashua (Jesus) said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him...
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And wonder came on them all and they said to one another, What are these words? for with authority a...
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And there was much talk about him in all the places round about.
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And he got up and went out of the Synagogue and went into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mot...
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He went near her, and with a sharp word he gave orders to the disease and it went away from her; and...
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40
And at sundown all those who had anyone ill with any sort of disease, took them to him, and he put h...
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And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God (Elohim...
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And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking...
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But he said to them, I have to give the good news of the kingdom of God (Elohim) in other towns, bec...
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And he was teaching in the Synagogues of Galilee.
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