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So they come to the Warden's house. Here He gazes on a scene of uproar, with people weeping aloud and wailing.
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He goes in. "Why all this outcry and loud weeping?" He asks; "the child is asleep, not dead."
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To this their reply is a scornful laugh. He, however, puts them all out, takes the child's father and mother and those He has brought with Him, and enters the room where the child lies.
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Then, taking her by the hand, He says to her, "Talitha, koum;" that is to say, "Little girl, I command you to wake!"
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Instantly the little girl rises to her feet and begins to walk (for she was twelve years old). They were at once beside themselves with utter astonishment;
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but He gave strict injunctions that the matter should not be made known, and directed them to give her something to eat.