JESUS RAISES A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL FROM THE DEAD

 STORIES FROM THE BIBLE

JAIRUS' DAUGHTER IS ALIVE

"Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee in a boat. It landed at the other side. There a large crowd gathered around him.  

Then a man named Jairus came. He was a synagogue leader. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.  He begged Jesus, “Please come. My little daughter is dying. Place your hands on her to heal her. Then she will live.”  So Jesus went with him.

A large group of people followed. They crowded around him.  A woman was there who had a sickness that made her bleed. It had lasted for 12 years.  She had suffered a great deal, even though she had gone to many doctors. She had spent all the money she had. But she was getting worse, not better.  

Then she heard about Jesus. She came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothes.  She thought, “I just need to touch his clothes. Then I will be healed.”  Right away her bleeding stopped. She felt in her body that her suffering was over.

At once Jesus knew that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd. He asked, “Who touched my clothes?”

“You see the people,” his disciples answered. “They are crowding against you. And you still ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”

Mark 5:21-31  NIRV  (New International Readers Version)

"But Jesus continued looking for the one who touched him.  The woman knew that she was healed, so she came and bowed at Jesus’ feet. She was shaking with fear. She told Jesus the whole story.  

He said to her, “Dear woman, you are made well because you believed. Go in peace. You will not suffer anymore.”

While Jesus was still there speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. They said, “Your daughter is dead. There is no need to bother the Teacher.”

But Jesus did not care what the men said. He said to the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”

Jesus let only Peter, James, and John the brother of James go with him.  They went to the synagogue leader’s house, where Jesus saw many people crying loudly. 

There was a lot of confusion.  He entered the house and said, “Why are you people crying and making so much noise? This child is not dead. She is only sleeping.”  But everyone laughed at him.

Jesus told the people to leave the house. Then he went into the room where the child was. He brought the child’s father and mother and his three followers into the room with him.  

Then Jesus held the girl’s hand and said to her, “Talitha, koum!” (This means “Little girl, I tell you to stand up!”)  The girl immediately stood up and began walking. (She was twelve years old.) The father and mother and the followers were amazed.  

Jesus gave the father and mother very strict orders not to tell people about this. Then he told them to give the girl some food to eat."  

Mark 5:32-43  ERV  (Easy-to-Read Version)