24he said, "Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep." But they laughed at him.


In Context

21 She said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed."

22 Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that moment.

23 When Jesus entered the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd,

24 he said, "Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep." But they laughed at him.

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

26 News of this spread through all that region.

Matthew 9:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:24He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:24He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:24he said, Give place: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:24he said, Withdraw, for the damsel is not dead, but sleeps. And they derided him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:24he said, Give place: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:24He said to them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they derided him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:24he said to them, |Make room, because the girl isn't dead, but sleeping.| They were ridiculing him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:24he saith to them, 'Withdraw, for the damsel did not die, but doth sleep,' and they were deriding him;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:24He said to them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleeps. And they laughed him to scorn.