And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets.

and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live.”

Taking her by the hand he said to her, “Talitha cumi,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.”

But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet.

Temptations to Sin

“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, “Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.”