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Matthew 9:22-24
New Catholic Bible
Matthew 9:22-24
New Catholic Bible
22 Jesus turned and saw her, and he said, “Take heart, daughter! Your faith has healed you.” And from that moment the woman was cured.
23 When Jesus arrived at the official’s house and saw the flute players[a] and the crowd making a commotion, 24 he said, “Go away! The girl is not dead; she is asleep,”[b] but they laughed at him.
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- Matthew 9:23 Flute players: musicians who were hired to play at mourning ceremonies. Crowd: mourners who were hired to wail and lament.
- Matthew 9:24 Asleep: sleep is a metaphor for death (see Ps 87:6 LXX; Dan 12:2; 1 Thes 5:10). Jesus does not deny the child’s death but indicates that she will arise from it as from a sleep.
