When he arrived at the house, he would not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child's father and mother.

They started making fun of him, so he put them all out, took the child's father and mother and his three disciples, and went into the room where the child was lying.

It will not be like the old covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt. Although I was like a husband to them, they did not keep that covenant.

But as soon as the people had been put out, Jesus went into the girl's room and took hold of her hand, and she got up.

He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to wait on them.

He took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha, koum," which means, "Little girl, I tell you to get up!"

Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. After spitting on the man's eyes, Jesus placed his hands on him and asked him, "Can you see anything?"

But Jesus took the boy by the hand and helped him rise, and he stood up.

Then he walked over and touched the coffin, and the men carrying it stopped. Jesus said, "Young man! Get up, I tell you!"

The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, in the same way the Son gives life to those he wants to.

Do not be surprised at this; the time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice

and come out of their graves: those who have done good will rise and live, and those who have done evil will rise and be condemned.

After he had said this, he called out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

Peter put them all out of the room, and knelt down and prayed; then he turned to the body and said, "Tabitha, get up!" She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

as the scripture says, "I have made you father of many nations." So the promise is good in the sight of God, in whom Abraham believed---the God who brings the dead to life and whose command brings into being what did not exist.