Meanwhile, all the people were weeping and mourning for her, but Jesus said, “Do not weep; she is not dead but sleeping.”
‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance; we sang a lament for you, but you did not mourn.’
A great multitude of people followed along behind, including women who were mourning and lamenting for Jesus.
And when all the crowds who had gathered together for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts.
When he came to the house, Jesus allowed no one to go in, except Peter, John, James, and the child's father and mother.
And they began laughing at him, knowing that she was dead.
But when Jesus heard this, he said, “This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”