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Luke 8:52
Luke 8:52 is verse 52 of Luke chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
King James Version
And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
World English Bible
All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, “Don’t weep. She isn’t dead, but sleeping.”
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Luke 8:50–54 · Berean Standard Bible
50 But Jesus overheard them and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”
51 When He entered the house, He did not allow anyone to go in with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother.
52 Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
53 And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.
54 But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 23:2She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
Genesis 27:34When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”
Genesis 27:35But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
2 Samuel 18:33The king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
Jeremiah 9:17This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
Jeremiah 9:18Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
Jeremiah 9:19For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”
Jeremiah 9:20Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.
Jeremiah 9:21For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
Exodus 24:17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
Zechariah 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
Mark 5:38When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.
Mark 5:39He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
John 11:4When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
John 11:11After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
John 11:12His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.”
John 11:13They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.