Matthew 9:23

Good News Translation

Then Jesus went into the official's house. When he saw the musicians for the funeral and the people all stirred up,

Cross References

2 Chronicles 35:25

The prophet Jeremiah composed a lament for King Josiah. It has become a custom in Israel for the singers, both men and women, to use this song when they mourn for him. The song is found in the collection of laments.

Jeremiah 16:6

The rich and the poor will die in this land, but no one will bury them or mourn for them. Not one of you will gash yourself or shave your head to show your grief.

Ezekiel 24:17

Don't let your sobbing be heard. Do not go bareheaded or barefoot as a sign of mourning. Don't cover your face or eat the food that mourners eat.”

Matthew 11:17

‘We played wedding music for you, but you wouldn't dance! We sang funeral songs, but you wouldn't cry!’

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the marketplace. One group shouts to the other, ‘We played wedding music for you, but you wouldn't dance! We sang funeral songs, but you wouldn't cry!’

Acts 20:10

But Paul went down and threw himself on him and hugged him. “Don't worry,” he said, “he is still alive!”

Acts 9:39

So Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, he was taken to the room upstairs, where all the widows crowded around him, crying and showing him all the shirts and coats that Dorcas had made while she was alive.

Revelation 18:22

The music of harps and of human voices, of players of the flute and the trumpet, will never be heard in you again! No workman in any trade will ever be found in you again; and the sound of the millstone will be heard no more!