A large crowd of people was following Jesus, including some women who were sad and crying for him.
I can count all my bones; people look and stare at me.
‘We played music for you, but you did not dance; we sang a sad song, but you did not cry.’
Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee to help him were standing at a distance from the cross, watching.
Some women were standing at a distance from the cross, watching; among them were Mary Magdalene, Salome, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph. (James was her youngest son.)
But Jesus turned and said to them, “Women of Jerusalem, don’t cry for me. Cry for yourselves and for your children.
The women who had come from Galilee with Jesus followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how Jesus’ body was laid.
and also some women who had been healed of sicknesses and evil spirits: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
All the people were crying and feeling sad because the girl was dead, but Jesus said, “Stop crying. She is not dead, only asleep.”
I tell you the truth, you will cry and be sad, but the world will be happy. You will be sad, but your sadness will become joy.