²³ When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes,^(A)

²⁴ he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead^(A) but asleep.”^(B) But they laughed at him.

³⁹ He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.”^(A)