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


In Context

21 for she said within herself, |If I just touch his garment, I will be made well.|

22 But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, |Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.| And the woman was made well from that hour.

23 When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,

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

25 But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose.

26 The report of this went out into all that land.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:24he said, "Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep." But they laughed at him.

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 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.