He answered them, "Have you never read what David did when he and his soldiers were in need and hungry?

Some fell upon rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up at once, because the soil was not deep;

He did not tell them anything except by stories, but to His own disciples He kept on privately explaining everything.

However, He did not let him, but said to him, "Go home to your folks, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and has taken pity on you."

Even while He was saying this, people came from the house of the leader of the synagogue and said, "Your daughter is dead; why trouble the Teacher any longer?"

And He went into the house and said to them, "Why do you continue all this confusion and crying? The little girl is not dead but is sleeping."

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue. And the people were dumbfounded when they heard Him, and said, "Where did He get all these things? What sort of wisdom is it that has been given Him? And such mighty deeds are done by Him!

King Herod heard of Him, for His name was now on everybody's lips, and people were saying that John the Baptist had risen from the dead, and that this was why such mighty powers were working in Him.

But when Herod heard of Him, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead."

The king, although exceedingly sorry, yet on account of his oath and his guests, did not like to refuse her,

for they did not understand the lesson of the loaves; their minds were dull.

For he did not really know what to say, he was so frightened.

And while they were going down the mountain, He cautioned them not to tell anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man should rise from the dead.

And they held that caution fast in their minds, as they continued to discuss among themselves what rising from the dead meant.

Then it gave a shriek and violently convulsed the boy, and got out of him. And the boy looked like a corpse, so much so that the people said that he was dead.

Then they left there and were making a trip through Galilee, and He did not want anybody to know it;

But they did not understand what this statement meant, and they were afraid to ask Him.

Jesus said, "Do not try to stop him, for there is no one who will use my name to do a mighty deed, and then be able soon to abuse me.

For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."

Then they argued with one another in this way, "If we say, 'It was from heaven,' He will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

and the second married her and died leaving no child; and so did the third.

For when people rise from the dead, men do not marry and women are not married, but continue to live together as the angels in heaven do.

But as to the rising of the dead, did you never read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

He is not the God of dead but of living people! You are entirely wrong in your views."

But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do you embarrass her? She has done a good deed to me.

I solemnly say to you, all over the world wherever this good news is proclaimed, the deed that she has done will also be told, in memory of her."

But after I am raised from the dead, I will go back to Galilee to meet you."

When He went back again, He found them asleep again, for their eyes were so heavy they could hardly hold them open; and they did not know what answer to make Him.

for although many men gave false testimony against Him, their testimonies did not agree.

But even in this matter their testimony did not agree.

Did you hear His own blasphemy? What do you think now?" And they all condemned Him as deserving to die.

Pilate wondered whether He was dead yet, and calling the captain to him asked whether He was already dead;

Then they left the tomb and fled, for they were trembling and bewildered, and they did not tell anybody a single thing about it, for they were afraid to do so.

Later on He appeared to the Eleven themselves while they were at table, and reproved them for their lack of faith and their stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had been raised from the dead.