^{35 Ref} While he was still speaking, they came from the synagogue ruler's house saying, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?"

^{36 Ref} But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Don't be afraid, only believe."

^{37 Ref} He allowed no one to follow him, except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.

^{38 Ref} He came to the synagogue ruler's house, and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great wailing.

^{39 Ref} When he had entered in, he said to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep."

^{40 Ref} They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child and her mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.