22. Jesus turned and saw the woman. He said, “Be happy, dear woman. You are made well because you believed.” Then the woman was healed.
23. Jesus continued going with the Jewish leader and went into the leader’s house. He saw people there who make music for funerals. And he saw a crowd of people crying loudly.
24. Jesus said, “Go away. The girl is not dead. She is only sleeping.” But the people laughed at him.
25. After the people were put out of the house, Jesus went into the girl’s room. He held the girl’s hand, and the girl stood up.
26. The news about this spread all around the area.
27. As Jesus was going away from there, two blind men followed him. They said loudly, “Show kindness to us, Son of David.”
28. Jesus went inside, and the blind men went with him. He asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to make you see again?” They answered, “Yes, Lord, we believe.”
29. Then Jesus touched their eyes and said, “You believe that I can make you see again, so it will happen.”
30. Then the men were able to see. Jesus gave them a strong warning. He said, “Don’t tell anyone about this.”
31. But they left and spread the news about Jesus all around that area.
32. As these two men were leaving, some people brought another man to Jesus. This man could not talk because he had a demon inside him.
33. Jesus forced the demon out, and the man was able to talk. The people were amazed and said, “We have never seen anything like this in Israel.”
34. But the Pharisees said, “The ruler of demons is the one that gives him power to force demons out.”