New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Mark 5:39
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He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
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And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
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When he had entered in, he said to them, “Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep.”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
And when he was entered in, he saith unto them, Why make ye a tumult, and weep? the child is not dead, but sleepeth.
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And having entered, He says to them, “Why do you⁺ make a commotion and weep? The child did not die, but sleeps.”
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Mark 5
37 And He did not allow anyone to accompany Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.
38 When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.
39 He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
40 And they laughed at Him. After He had put them all outside, He took the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.
41 Taking her by the hand, Jesus said, “Talitha koum!” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”
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