Luke 7:13

Seeing the grieving widow, the Lord is moved with compassion and tells her not to weep. His tender mercy reaches out to her sorrow before any request is made.

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• Isa 63:9In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
• Ps 103:13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
• Lam 3:32–33Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
• Heb 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
• Ps 86:15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
• Jer 31:20Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
• Luke 8:52Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
• Ps 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
• Heb 2:17For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
• John 11:33–35When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
• Judg 10:16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
• Jer 31:15–16This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
• John 20:15“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”
• John 11:2(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
• Mark 8:2“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
• Luke 24:34and saying, “The Lord has indeed risen and has appeared to Simon!”
• Luke 17:5The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
• Luke 10:1After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.
• Luke 7:19So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
• John 20:13“Woman, why are you weeping?” they asked. “Because they have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I do not know where they have put Him.”
• 1 Cor 7:30those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;
• Luke 13:15“You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?
• 1 Th 4:13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
• Luke 22:61And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

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