Luke 5:19

Luke chapter 5 · verse 19 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And not finding by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his couch into the midst before Jesus.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And not finding by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his couch into the midst before Jesus.

Context

v.18And behold, men bring on a bed a man that was palsied: and they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

v.19This passage

v.20And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.
2 Samuel 11:2
And it came to pass at eventide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
Mark 2:4
And when they could not come nigh unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the sick of the palsy lay.
Deuteronomy 22:8
When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.
Matthew 24:17
let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house: