Luke 8:52 - New Revised Standard Version

⁵² They were all weeping and wailing for her; but he said, “Do not weep; for she is not dead but sleeping.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵² And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵² And all were weeping for and bewailing her; but He said, Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵² And all were weeping, and bewailing her: but he said, Weep not; for she is not dead, but sleepeth.

Common English Bible

⁵² They were all crying and mourning for her, but Jesus said, “Don’t cry. She isn’t dead. She’s only sleeping.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵² Now all were weeping and mourning for her. But he said: "Do not weep. The girl is not dead, but only sleeping."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵² And all wept and mourned for her. But he said: Weep not; the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.

Luke 8:52 Cross References

Genesis 23:2

And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

2 Samuel 18:33

The king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Exodus 24:17

Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel.

Zechariah 12:10

And I will pour out a spirit of compassion and supplication on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that, when they look on the one whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.

Matthew 11:17

‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’

Luke 23:27

A great number of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him.

Luke 23:48

And when all the crowds who had gathered there for this spectacle saw what had taken place, they returned home, beating their breasts.

Luke 8:51

When he came to the house, he did not allow anyone to enter with him, except Peter, John, and James, and the child's father and mother.

Luke 8:53

And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.

John 11:4

But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”