Luke 8:52

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.

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  • Luke 23:27 : 27 And a great band of people went after him, and of women making signs of grief and weeping for him.
  • John 11:4 : 4 When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.
  • John 11:11-13 : 11 These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep. 12 Then his disciples said to him, Lord, if he is resting he will get well. 13 Jesus, however, was talking of his death: but they had the idea that he was talking about taking rest in sleep.
  • Gen 23:2 : 2 And Sarah's death took place in Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan: and Abraham went into his house, weeping and sorrowing for Sarah.
  • Gen 27:34-35 : 34 And hearing the words of his father, Esau gave a great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Give a blessing to me, even to me, O my father! 35 And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.
  • Exod 24:17 : 17 And the glory of the Lord was like a flame on the top of the mountain before the eyes of the children of Israel.
  • 2 Sam 18:33 : 33 Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!
  • Jer 9:17-21 : 17 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Take thought and send for the weeping women, so that they may come; and send for the wise women, so that they may come: 18 Let them quickly make cries of sorrow for us, so that drops may be flowing from our eyes till they are streaming with water. 19 For a sound of weeping goes up from Zion, a cry, How has destruction come on us? we are overcome with shame because we have gone away from our land; he has sent us out from our house. 20 But even now, give ear to the word of the Lord, O you women; let your ears be open to the word of his mouth, training your daughters to give cries of sorrow, everyone teaching her neighbour a song of grief. 21 For death has come up into our windows, forcing its way into our great houses; cutting off the children in the streets and the young men in the wide places.
  • Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will send down on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of prayer; and their eyes will be turned to the one who was wounded by their hands: and they will be weeping for him as for an only son, and their grief for him will be bitter, like the grief of one sorrowing for his oldest son.
  • Matt 11:17 : 17 We made music for you and you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow and you made no signs of grief.
  • Mark 5:38-39 : 38 And they came to the house of the ruler of the Synagogue; and he saw people running this way and that, and weeping and crying loudly. 39 And when he had gone in, he said to them, Why are you making such a noise and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping.

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  • Mark 5:38-42
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    38And they came to the house of the ruler of the Synagogue; and he saw people running this way and that, and weeping and crying loudly.

    39And when he had gone in, he said to them, Why are you making such a noise and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping.

    40And they were laughing at him. But he, having sent them all out, took the father of the child and her mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.

    41And taking her by the hand, he said to her, Talitha cumi, which is, My child, I say to you, Get up.

    42And the young girl got up straight away, and was walking about; she being twelve years old. And they were overcome with wonder.

  • Luke 8:53-56
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    53And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead.

    54But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.

    55And her spirit came back to her and she got up straight away: and he gave orders that food was to be given to her.

    56And her father and mother were full of wonder, but he gave orders to them to say nothing about it to anyone.

  • Matt 9:23-25
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    23And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the players with their instruments and the people making a noise,

    24He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him.

    25But when the people were sent out, he went in and took her by the hand; and the girl got up.

  • Luke 8:49-51
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    49While he was still talking, someone came from the house of the ruler of the Synagogue, saying, Your daughter is dead; do not go on troubling the Master.

    50But Jesus at these words said to him, Have no fear, only have faith, and she will be made well.

    51And when he came to the house he did not let any man go in with him, but only Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and her mother.

  • Luke 7:11-15
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    11And it came about, after a little time, that he went to a town named Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great number of people.

    12Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

    13And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.

    14And he came near, and put his hand on the stretcher where the dead man was: and those who were moving it came to a stop. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Get up.

    15And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother.

  • Matt 9:18
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    18While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

  • Luke 8:42
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    42For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him.

  • John 11:31-35
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    31Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.

    32When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

    33And when Jesus saw her weeping, and saw the Jews weeping who came with her, his spirit was moved and he was troubled,

    34And said, Where have you put him? They said, Come and see, Lord.

    35And Jesus himself was weeping.

  • Mark 5:35-36
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    35And while he was still talking, they came from the ruler of the Synagogue's house, saying, Your daughter is dead: why are you still troubling the Master?

    36But Jesus, giving no attention to their words, said to the ruler of the Synagogue, Have no fear, only have faith.

  • Mark 5:23
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    23And made strong prayers to him, saying, My little daughter is near to death: it is my prayer that you will come and put your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and have life.

  • John 11:11-14
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    11These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.

    12Then his disciples said to him, Lord, if he is resting he will get well.

    13Jesus, however, was talking of his death: but they had the idea that he was talking about taking rest in sleep.

    14Then Jesus said to them clearly, Lazarus is dead.

  • Mark 16:10
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    10She went and gave news of it to those who had been with him, while they were sorrowing and weeping.

  • Acts 9:37
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    37And it came about, in those days, that she got ill and came to her death: and when she had been washed, they put her in a room which was high up.

  • John 20:13
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    13They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I have no knowledge where they have put him.

  • Acts 9:40
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    40But Peter made them all go outside, and went down on his knees in prayer; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, get up. And, opening her eyes, she saw Peter and got up.

  • John 11:43-44
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    43Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!

    44And he who was dead came out, with linen bands folded tightly about his hands and feet, and a cloth about his face. Jesus said to them, Make him free and let him go.

  • John 20:11
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    11But Mary was still there outside the hole in the rock, weeping; and while she was weeping and looking into the hole,

  • Mark 1:31
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    31And he came and took her by the hand, lifting her up; and she became well, and took care of their needs.

  • Matt 8:15
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    15And he put his hand on hers and the disease went from her, and she got up and took care of his needs.

  • John 20:15
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    15Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away.

  • Acts 5:10
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    10And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.

  • Mark 9:27
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    27But Jesus took him by the hand, lifting him up; and he got up.

  • Matt 14:12
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    12And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place.

  • Luke 8:24
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    24Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.

  • Matt 17:7
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    7And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear.

  • Matt 8:22
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    22But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.