Mark 5:38

New International Reader's Version

They came to the home of the synagogue leader. There Jesus saw a lot of confusion. People were crying and sobbing loudly.

Cross References

Matthew 11:17

“ ‘We played the flute for you. But you didn’t dance. We sang a funeral song. But you didn’t become sad.’

Matthew 9:18

While Jesus was saying this, a synagogue leader came. He got down on his knees in front of Jesus. He said, “My daughter has just died. But come and place your hand on her. Then she will live again.”

Mark 5:22

Then a man named Jairus came. He was a synagogue leader. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.

Mark 5:39

He went inside. Then he said to them, “Why all this confusion and sobbing? The child is not dead. She is only sleeping.”

Acts 9:39

Peter went with them. When he arrived, he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him crying. They showed him the robes and other clothes Dorcas had made before she died.