⁴¹ He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then he called in the widows and all the believers, and he presented her to them alive.

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6 But as the believers^[a] rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. The Greek-speaking believers complained about the Hebrew-speaking believers, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food.

³¹ So he went to her bedside, took her by the hand, and helped her sit up. Then the fever left her, and she prepared a meal for them.

¹² Meanwhile, the young man was taken home alive and well, and everyone was greatly relieved.

⁷ Then Peter took the lame man by the right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man’s feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened.

¹⁵ Then the dead boy sat up and began to talk! And Jesus gave him back to his mother.

¹² A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the village gate. The young man who had died was a widow’s only son, and a large crowd from the village was with her.

²³ Then Elijah brought him down from the upper room and gave him to his mother. “Look!” he said. “Your son is alive!”