Luke 8:53

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The people laughed at him, because they knew that the girl was dead.

Cross References

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees were listening to all these things. They criticized Jesus because they all loved money.

Isaiah 53:3

People made fun of him, and even his friends left him. He was a man who suffered a lot of pain and sickness. We treated him like someone of no importance, like someone people will not even look at but turn away from in disgust.

John 11:39

He said, “Move the stone away.” Martha said, “But, Lord, it has been four days since Lazarus died. There will be a bad smell.” Martha was the sister of the dead man.

Psalm 22:7

Everyone who sees me makes fun of me. They shake their heads and stick out their tongues at me.

Job 17:2

People stand around me and laugh at me. I watch them as they tease and insult me.

Job 12:4

“My friends laugh at me now. They say, ‘He prayed to God and got his answer.’ I am a good, innocent man, but still they laugh at me.

Matthew 9:24

Jesus said, “Go away. The girl is not dead. She is only sleeping.” But the people laughed at him.

Luke 8:52

Everyone was crying and feeling sad because the girl was dead. But Jesus said, “Don’t cry. She is not dead. She is only sleeping.”

Luke 8:54

But Jesus held her hand and called to her, “Little girl, stand up!”