Matthew 9:24

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he said,“Go away, for the girl is not dead but asleep!” And they began making fun of him.

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  • Acts 20:10 : 10 But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, put his arms around him, and said,“Do not be distressed, for he is still alive!”
  • John 11:4 : 4 When Jesus heard this, he said,“This sickness will not lead to death, but to God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
  • John 11:11-13 : 11 After he said this, he added,“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.” 12 Then the disciples replied,“Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” 13 (Now Jesus had been talking about his death, but they thought he had been talking about real sleep.)
  • Acts 9:40 : 40 But Peter sent them all outside, knelt down, and prayed. Turning to the body, he said,“Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
  • 1 Kgs 17:18-24 : 18 She asked Elijah,“Why, prophet, have you come to me to confront me with my sin and kill my son?” 19 He said to her,“Hand me your son.” He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him down on his bed. 20 Then he called out to the LORD,“O LORD, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this widow I am staying with by killing her son?” 21 He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the LORD,“O LORD, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.” 22 The LORD answered Elijah’s prayer; the boy’s breath returned to him and he lived. 23 Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said,“See, your son is alive!” 24 The woman said to Elijah,“Now I know that you are a prophet and that the LORD’s message really does come through you.”
  • Ps 22:6-7 : 6 But I am a worm, not a man; people insult me and despise me. 7 All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.
  • Isa 49:7 : 7 This is what the LORD, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers:“Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful LORD, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”
  • Isa 53:3 : 3 He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
  • Matt 27:39-43 : 39 Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads 40 and saying,“You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God’s Son, come down from the cross!” 41 In the same way even the chief priests– together with the experts in the law and elders– were mocking him: 42 “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him! 43 He trusts in God– let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said,‘I am God’s Son’!”

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    49While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue leader’s house came and said,“Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.”

    50But when Jesus heard this, he told him,“Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”

    51Now when he came to the house, Jesus did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child’s father and mother.

    52Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said,“Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep!”

    53And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.

    54But Jesus gently took her by the hand and said,“Child, get up.”

    55Her spirit returned, and she got up immediately. Then he told them to give her something to eat.

    56Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.

  • Mark 5:38-42
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    38They came to the house of the synagogue leader where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.

    39When he entered he said to them,“Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep!”

    40And they began making fun of him. But he forced them all outside, and he took the child’s father and mother and his own companions and went into the room where the child was.

    41Then, gently taking the child by the hand, he said to her,“Talitha koum,” which means,“Little girl, I say to you, get up.”

    42The girl got up at once and began to walk around(she was twelve years old). They were completely astonished at this.

  • Matt 9:25-26
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    25But when the crowd had been forced outside, he went in and gently took her by the hand, and the girl got up.

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    14Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said,“Young man, I say to you, get up!”

    15So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

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    22But when Jesus turned and saw her he said,“Have courage, daughter! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was healed from that hour.

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  • Mark 9:26-27
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    26It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said,“He is dead!”

    27But Jesus gently took his hand and raised him to his feet, and he stood up.

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    35While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house saying,“Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?”

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    11After he said this, he added,“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.”

    12Then the disciples replied,“Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

    13(Now Jesus had been talking about his death, but they thought he had been talking about real sleep.)

    14Then Jesus told them plainly,“Lazarus has died,

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    43When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!”

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    5The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them,“Why do you look for the living among the dead?

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