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Matthew 9:24

Matthew 9:24 is verse 24 of Matthew chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

“Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.

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King James Version

He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

World English Bible

he said to them, “Make room, because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” They were ridiculing him.

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Matthew 9:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible

22 Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.

23 When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.

24 “Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.

25 After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.

26 And the news about this spread throughout that region.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Kings 17:18

“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”

1 Kings 17:19

But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

1 Kings 17:20

Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”

1 Kings 17:21

Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”

1 Kings 17:22

And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.

1 Kings 17:23

Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.

1 Kings 17:24

Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”

Acts 9:40

Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.

Acts 20:10

But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”

John 11:4

When 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 11:11

After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”

John 11:12

His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.”

John 11:13

They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.

Matthew 27:39

And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads

Matthew 27:40

and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

Matthew 27:41

In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying,

Matthew 27:42

“He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him.

Matthew 27:43

He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

Psalms 22:6

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

Psalms 22:7

All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

Isaiah 49:7

Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

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