When He came in, He said to them, “Why make this uproar and weep? The girl is not dead, but sleeping.”
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake—some to everlasting life, and others to everlasting shame and contempt.
He said to them, “Depart. The girl is not dead, but is sleeping.” And they laughed Him to scorn.
He came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw the tumult, and those who wept and wailed loudly.
They laughed at Him in ridicule. But when He had put them all out, He took the father and the mother of the girl and those who were with Him and entered where the girl was lying.
Paul went down and leaned over him, and embracing him said, “Do not be troubled, for he is alive.”
For this reason many are weak and unhealthy among you, and many die.
who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we should live together with Him.