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Mar 5:40 — And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

they		Gen 19:14; Neh 2:19; Job 12:4; Psa 22:7; Psa 123:3,4; Luk 16:14; Act 17:32
when		2Ki 4:33; Mat 7:6; Mat 9:24,25; Luk 8:53,54
he taketh		He took just so many as prudence required, and as were sufficient to prove the reality of the cure; to have permitted the presence of more, might have savoured of ostentation.

Correlating Passages

they

	Gen 19:14	And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
	Neh 2:19	But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard [it], they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What [is] this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
	Job 12:4	I am [as] one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] laughed to scorn.
	Psa 22:7	All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],
	Psa 123:3	Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
	Psa 123:4	Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, [and] with the contempt of the proud.
	Luk 16:14	And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
	Act 17:32	And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this [matter].

when

	2Ki 4:33	He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
	Mat 7:6	Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
	Mat 9:24	He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
	Mat 9:25	But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
	Luk 8:53	And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
	Luk 8:54	And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.

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Scott, Thomas. "Mark 5:40," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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