Mark 5:39

World English Bible (2000)

When he had entered in, he said to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep."

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  • Acts 20:10 : 10 Paul went down, and fell upon him, and embracing him said, "Don't be troubled, for his life is in him."
  • 1 Cor 11:30 : 30 For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
  • 1 Thess 4:13-14 : 13 But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
  • 1 Thess 5:10 : 10 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
  • Dan 12:2 : 2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
  • John 11:11-13 : 11 He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep." 12 The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover." 13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.

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