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Soon afterward Jesus went with his disciples to the village of Nain, with a great crowd following him.
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A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the village gate. The boy who had died was the only son of a widow, and many mourners from the village were with her.
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When the Lord saw her, his heart overflowed with compassion. "Don't cry!" he said.
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Then he walked over to the coffin and touched it, and the bearers stopped. "Young man," he said, "get up." 15
Then the dead boy sat up and began to talk to those around him! And Jesus gave him back to his mother.
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Great fear swept the crowd, and they praised God, saying, "A mighty prophet has risen among us," and "We have seen the hand of God at work today."
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The report of what Jesus had done that day spread all over Judea and even out across its borders.
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The disciples of John the Baptist told John about everything Jesus was doing. So John called for two of his disciples,
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and he sent them to the Lord to ask him, "Are you the Messiah we've been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?"
Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. (New Living Translation)
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