Luke 8:52
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.””
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“Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And all were weeping, and bewailing her: but he said, Weep not; for she is not dead, but sleepeth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, `Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 8:52 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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!”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Matthew 11:17‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
- Mark 5:38When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.
- Luke 23:27A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.
- 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.”
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