40 The crowd laughed at him. But he made them all leave, and he took the girl’s father and mother and his three disciples into the room where the girl was lying.

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40 But they laughed at him.

After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was.

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19 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard of our plan, they scoffed contemptuously. “What are you doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” they asked.

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19 But when Sanballat(A) the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem(B) the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us.(C) “What is this you are doing?” they asked. “Are you rebelling against the king?”

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33 He went in alone and shut the door behind him and prayed to the Lord.

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33 He went in, shut the door on the two of them and prayed(A) to the Lord.

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32 When they heard Paul speak about the resurrection of the dead, some laughed in contempt, but others said, “We want to hear more about this later.”

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32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead,(A) some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.”

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14 The Pharisees, who dearly loved their money, heard all this and scoffed at him.

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14 The Pharisees, who loved money,(A) heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.(B)

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53 But the crowd laughed at him because they all knew she had died. 54 Then Jesus took her by the hand and said in a loud voice, “My child, get up!”

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53 They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. 54 But he took her by the hand and said, “My child, get up!”(A)

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24 “Get out!” he told them. “The girl isn’t dead; she’s only asleep.” But the crowd laughed at him. 25 After the crowd was put outside, however, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she stood up!

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24 he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead(A) but asleep.”(B) 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.(C)

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“Don’t waste what is holy on people who are unholy.[a] Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:6 Greek Don’t give the sacred to dogs.

“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

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Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy,
    for we have had our fill of contempt.
We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud
    and the contempt of the arrogant.

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Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us,
    for we have endured no end of contempt.
We have endured no end
    of ridicule from the arrogant,
    of contempt from the proud.

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Everyone who sees me mocks me.
    They sneer and shake their heads, saying,

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All who see me mock me;(A)
    they hurl insults,(B) shaking their heads.(C)

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Yet my friends laugh at me,
    for I call on God and expect an answer.
I am a just and blameless man,
    yet they laugh at me.

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“I have become a laughingstock(A) to my friends,(B)
    though I called on God and he answered(C)
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(D)

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14 So Lot rushed out to tell his daughters’ fiancés, “Quick, get out of the city! The Lord is about to destroy it.” But the young men thought he was only joking.

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14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry[a] his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city!(A)” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 19:14 Or were married to