Luke 8:53

Good News Translation (US Version)

They all made fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.

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When the Pharisees heard all this, they made fun of Jesus, because they loved money.

We despised him and rejected him; he endured suffering and pain. No one would even look at him— we ignored him as if he were nothing.

“Take the stone away!” Jesus ordered. Martha, the dead man's sister, answered, “There will be a bad smell, Lord. He has been buried four days!”

All who see me make fun of me; they stick out their tongues and shake their heads.

I watch how bitterly everyone mocks me.

Even my friends laugh at me now; they laugh, although I am righteous and blameless; but there was a time when God answered my prayers.

he said, “Get out, everybody! The little girl is not dead—she is only sleeping!” Then they all started making fun of him.

Everyone there was crying and mourning for the child. Jesus said, “Don't cry; the child is not dead—she is only sleeping!”

But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Get up, child!”