for he had an only daughter about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as He was going, the crowds were pressing against Him.

And He said, Take your son, the beloved one, whom you have loved- Isaac, and go into the high land, and offer him there for a whole burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.

And He said, Lay not your hand upon the child, neither do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, and for My sake you have not spared your beloved son.

And behold, the whole family rose up against your handmaid, and they said, Give up the one that struck down his brother, and we will put him to death for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and we will take away your heir. So they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to leave my husband a remnant or name upon the face of the earth.

Arise, and go to Zarephath of the Sidonians; behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to provide for you.

And the woman said, [As] the Lord your God lives, I have not a cake, but only a handful of meal in this pitcher, and a little oil in a jar; and behold, I am going to gather two sticks, and I shall go in and dress it for myself and my children, and we shall eat it and die.

And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come in to me to bring my sins to remembrance, and to slay my son?

and he brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, See, your son lives.

And Elisha said to her, At this time [next year], as the season [is], you [shall be] alive, and embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, do not lie to your servant.

And he carried him to his mother, and he lay upon her knees till noon, and died.

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and compassion: and they shall look upon Me, because they have mocked Me, and they shall make lamentation for Him, as for a beloved [friend], and they shall grieve intensely, as for a firstborn son.

Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yea, the mouth of the widow has blessed me.

And arising, Peter went with them. When he arrived, they took him into the upper room, and all the widows stood beside him weeping, showing [him] tunics and cloaks which Dorcas was making, [while] being with them.

And giving to her his hand, he raised her up; and when he called the saints and the widows, he presented her living.

But if a certain widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety to their own household and to make repayment to their parents; for this is acceptable before God.

Now she who is really a widow and having been left alone, has set her hope on God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

Pure and undefiled religion before God and [the] Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

Now all were weeping and mourning for her; but He said, "Do not weep; she is not dead, but asleep."

And many of the Jews had come to the [women] around Martha and Mary, so that they might console them concerning their brother.