During this time, all the people were crying and sobbing loudly over the girl. “Stop crying.” Jesus said. “She isn’t dead; she’s sleeping.”
When Jesus heard this, he said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory, so that God’s Son can receive glory because of it.”
A large number of people followed Jesus, including women who mourned and cried aloud because of him.
“ ‘We played the flute for you, but you didn’t dance. We sang a funeral song, but you didn’t become sad.’
When Jesus arrived at the house, he didn’t let everyone go in with him. He took only Peter, John, and James, along with the child’s father and mother.
They laughed at him because they knew she was dead.
But when the people who had gathered to watch the executions saw what took place, they struck their chests in remorse and slipped away.