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The Healing Touch of Jesus

Matthew 9:24

In 9 translations

BSB
“Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.
KJV
He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
WEB
he said to them, “Make room, because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” They were ridiculing him.
ASV
he said, Give place: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
LSV
He says to them, “Withdraw, for the girl did not die, but sleeps,” and they were deriding Him;
YLT
he saith to them, 'Withdraw, for the damsel did not die, but doth sleep,' and they were deriding him;
DBY
he said, Withdraw, for the damsel is not dead, but sleeps. And they derided him.
DRC
He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
GNV
He said vnto them, Get you hence: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorne.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἔλεγεν (“He was saying”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read λέγει (“He says”).
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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτοῖς (“to them”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἔλεγεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔλεγεν; Robinson–Pierpont read λέγει αὐτοῖς.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἔλεγεν· Ἀναχωρεῖτε, οὐ γὰρ ἀπέθανεν τὸ κοράσιον ἀλλὰ καθεύδει· καὶ κατεγέλων αὐτοῦ.
RP2018
λέγει αὐτοῖς, Ἀναχωρεῖτε· οὐ γὰρ ἀπέθανεν τὸ κοράσιον, ἀλλὰ καθεύδει. Καὶ κατεγέλων αὐτοῦ.
TR-Boyd
λέγει αὐτοῖς, Ἀναχωρεῖτε· οὐ γὰρ ἀπέθανε τὸ κοράσιον, ἀλλὰ καθεύδει. Καὶ κατεγέλων αὐτοῦ.
SCR1894
λεγει αυτοις αναχωρειτε ου γαρ απεθανεν το κορασιον αλλα καθευδει και κατεγελων αυτου

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  • Acts 20:10But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”
  • John 11:11–13After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.” His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.” They thought that Jesus was…
  • 1 Kings 17:18–24“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?” But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms,…
  • Acts 9:40Then 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.
  • 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.”
  • Matthew 27:39–43And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads 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!”…
  • Isaiah 49:7Thus 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…
  • Isaiah 53:3He 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.
  • Psalms 22:6–7But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

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