Luke 8:42
Good News Translation
because his only daughter, who was twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus went along, the people were crowding him from every side.

New Revised Standard Version
for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, who was dying. As he went, the crowds pressed in on him.

Contemporary English Version
because his twelve-year-old child was dying. She was his only daughter. While Jesus was on his way, people were crowding all around him.

New American Bible
because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As he went, the crowds almost crushed him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For he had an only daughter, almost twelve years old, and she was dying. And it happened as he went that he was thronged by the multitudes.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For he had an only daughter, almost twelve years old, and she was dying. And it happened as he went that he was thronged by the multitudes.

one.

Luke 7:12 And when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother: and she was a widow. And a great multitude of the city was with her.

Genesis 44:20-22 And we answered thee, my lord: We have a father an old man, and a young boy, that was born in his old age; whose brother by the mother is dead; and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him tenderly. . . .

Job 1:18,19 He was yet speaking, and behold another came in, and said: Thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother, . . .

Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour out upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace, and of prayers: and they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced: and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for an only son, and they shall grieve over him, as the manner is to grieve for the death of the firstborn.

and she.

Job 4:20 From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever.

Psalm 90:5-8 Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be. . . .

Psalm 103:15,16 Man's days are as grass, as the flower of the field so shall he flourish. . . .

Ecclesiastes 6:12 What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell him what shall be after him under the sun?

Ezekiel 24:16,25 Son of man, behold I take from thee the desire of thy eyes with a stroke, and thou shall not lament, nor weep; neither shall thy tears run down. . . .

Romans 5:12 Wherefore as by one man sin entered into this world and by sin death: and so death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned.

But.

Luke 8:45 And Jesus said: Who is it that touched me? And all denying, Peter and they that were with him said: Master, the multitudes throng and press thee; and dost thou say, who touched me?

Mark 5:24 And he went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they thronged him.

Context
The Healing Touch of Jesus
41And behold there came a man whose name was Jairus: and he was a ruler of the synagogue. And he fell down at the feet of Jesus, beseeching him that he would come into his house: 42For he had an only daughter, almost twelve years old, and she was dying. And it happened as he went that he was thronged by the multitudes. 43And there was a certain woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had bestowed all her substance on physicians and could not be healed by any.…
Cross References
Mark 5:24
And he went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they thronged him.

Luke 8:41
And behold there came a man whose name was Jairus: and he was a ruler of the synagogue. And he fell down at the feet of Jesus, beseeching him that he would come into his house:

Luke 8:43
And there was a certain woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had bestowed all her substance on physicians and could not be healed by any.

Luke 8:41
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