While he was speaking people came from the synagogue leader’s house saying ‘Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher?’
But Jesus, overhearing the news, said to the synagogue leader, ‘Do not be afraid any longer, keep on believing.’
And he did not let anyone follow with him, except Peter and Jacob and John (Jacob’s brother).
And they came to the house of the synagogue leader, and he saw an uproar and people crying and loudly wailing. And entering he said to them ’Why are you are you in an uproar and crying? The child is not dead but sleeping.’
They began to laugh at him. Having thrown them all out, he took the the father of the child, and her mother, and those with him and entered where the child was.
And taking the child’s hand he said to her ‘Talitha, koum’, which is means ‘Little girl, I say to you ”Get up!”’
And immediately the little girl rose and walked around (for she was twelve years old.) And immediately they were greatly amazed.
And he gave them strict orders that no one would know, and he said that she should be given something to eat.
O thou, who art the light of the minds that know thee,
the life of the souls that love thee,
and the strength of the wills that serve thee;
help us so to know thee that we may truly love thee;
so to love thee that we may fully serve thee,
whom to serve is perfect freedom.
Amen