KJV King James Version
He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
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Matthew 9:24
He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.
WEB World English Bible
he said to them, “Make room, because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” They were ridiculing him.
ASV American Standard Version
he said, Give place: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
he saith to them, ‘Withdraw, for the damsel did not die, but doth sleep,’ and they were deriding him;
Surrounding context — Matthew 9
21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
23 And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
24 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, [Thou] Son of David, have mercy on us.
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Acts 20:10And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing [him] said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.John 11:11-13These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.Isaiah 49:7Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, [and] the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.John 11:4When Jesus heard [that], he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.Matthew 27:39-43And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,Acts 9:40But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning [him] to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.Isaiah 53:3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.1 Kings 17:18-24And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?Psalm 22:6-7But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
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