Luke 8:52

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Everyone was crying and weeping for the girl. But Jesus said, “The child isn't dead. She is just asleep.”

Cross References

John 11:4

When Jesus heard this, he said, “His sickness won't end in death. It will bring glory to God and his Son.”

Luke 23:27

A large crowd was following Jesus, and in the crowd a lot of women were crying and weeping for him.

Matthew 11:17

“We played the flute, but you would not dance! We sang a funeral song, but you would not mourn!”

Zechariah 12:10

I, the Lord, will make the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem feel deep sorrow and pray when they see the one they pierced with a spear. They will mourn and weep for him, as parents weep over the death of their only child or their first-born.

2 Samuel 18:33

David started trembling. Then he went up to the room above the city gate to cry. As he went, he kept saying, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I could have died instead of you! Absalom, my son, my son!”

Exodus 24:17

Moses did so and stayed there 40 days and nights. To the people, the Lord's glory looked like a blazing fire on top of the mountain.

Luke 8:51

Jesus went into the house, but he did not let anyone else go with him, except Peter, John, James, and the girl's father and mother.

Luke 8:53

The people laughed at him because they knew she was dead.

Luke 23:48

A crowd had gathered to see the terrible sight. Then after they had seen it, they felt brokenhearted and went home.