New American Bible, Revised Edition

Luke 7:10-19 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

10. When the messengers returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

11. Soon afterward he journeyed to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd accompanied him.

12. As he drew near to the gate of the city, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her.

13. When the Lord saw her, he was moved with pity for her and said to her, “Do not weep.”

14. He stepped forward and touched the coffin; at this the bearers halted, and he said, “Young man, I tell you, arise!”

15. The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.

16. Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming, “A great prophet has arisen in our midst,” and “God has visited his people.”

17. This report about him spread through the whole of Judea and in all the surrounding region.

18. The disciples of John told him about all these things. John summoned two of his disciples

19. and sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”