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Luke 4:25

American Standard Version

But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;

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Luke 4:25 in other translations

But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.

Luke 4:25 · World English Bible

Luke 4:25 in context

  1. 23And he said unto them, Doubtless ye will say unto me this parable, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in thine own country.
  2. 24And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.
  3. 25But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;
  4. 26and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
  5. 27And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.