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They laughed at him, because they knew she was dead.
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and scoffing at him.
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering who knew what sickness was. He was like someone people turned away from; he was despised, and we didn’t value him.
‘Remove the stone,’ Jesus said. Martha, the dead man’s sister, told him, ‘Lord, there is already a stench because he has been dead for four days.’
Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
I am a laughing-stock to my friends, by calling on God, who answers me. The righteous and blameless man is a laughing-stock.
‘Leave,’ he said, ‘because the girl is not dead but asleep.’ And they laughed at him.
Everyone was crying and mourning for her. But he said, ‘Stop crying, because she is not dead but asleep.’
So he took her by the hand and called out, ‘Child, get up! ’
