Luke 17 · Verse 13

Luke 17:13

And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
Luke 17:13, King James Version

Luke 17:13 in other translations

BSBand raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
WEBThey lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
ASVand they lifted up their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
YLTand they lifted up the voice, saying, ‘Jesus, master, deal kindly with us;'
DARBYAnd they lifted up their voice saying, Jesus, Master, have compassion on us.
BBESaid, in loud voices, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
WebsterAnd they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

What does Luke 17:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 17:11-13

Lu 17:11-19. Ten Lepers Cleansed. 11-13. through the midst of Samaria and Galilee--probably on the confines of both.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 They lifted up their voices - They cried with one accord - they were all equally necessitous, and there was but one voice among them all, though ten were engaged in crying at the same time. As they were companions in suffering, they were also companions in prayer. Prayer should be strong and earnest, when the disease is great and inveterate. Sin is the worst of all leprosies; it not only separates those to whom it cleaves from the righteous, but it separates them from God; and nothing but the pitying heart and powerful hand of Christ Jesus can set any soul free from it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 17:11-19

A sense of our spiritual leprosy should make us very humble whenever we draw near to Christ. It is enough to refer ourselves to the compassions of Christ, for they fail not. We may look for God to meet us with mercy, when we are found in the way of obedience. Only one of those who were healed returned to give thanks. It becomes us, like him, to be very humble in thanksgivings, as well as in prayers. Christ noticed…

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Luke 17:13 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
αὐτοὶautoithey themselvesG846
ἦρανēranlifted upG142
φωνὴνphōnēn[their] voiceG5456
λέγοντες·legontessaying;G3004
ἸησοῦIēsouJesusG2424
ἐπιστάτα,epistataMaster,G1988
ἐλέησονeleēsondo have compassion onG1653
ἡμᾶς.¶hēmasus.G3165

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 17:13

  • Matthew 9:27

    And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.

  • Matthew 15:22

    And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

  • Matthew 20:30-31

    And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.

  • Luke 18:38-39

    And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

  • Mark 9:22

    And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.

  • Luke 5:5

    And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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18:38,39; Mt 9:27; 15:22; 20:30,31; Mr 9:22

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Context

  • Luke 17:12

    And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

  • Luke 17:13

    And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

  • Luke 17:14

    And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.

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Luke 17:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y alzaron la voz, diciendo: Jesús, Maestro, ten misericordia de nosotros.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et ils élevèrent la voix, disant: Jésus, maître, aie pitié de nous!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie erhoben ihre Stimme und sprachen: Jesu, Meister, erbarme dich unser!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et levaverunt vocem, dicentes: Jesu præceptor, miserere nostri.