24. Jesus said, “Go away. The girl is not dead. She is only asleep.” But the people laughed at Jesus.
25. After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went into the girl’s room. He took her hand, and she stood up.
26. The news about this spread all around the area.
27. When Jesus was leaving there, two blind men followed him. They cried out, “Show kindness to us, Son of David!”
28. Jesus went inside, and the blind men went with him. He asked the men, “Do you believe that I can make you see again?”They answered, “Yes, Lord.”
29. Then Jesus touched their eyes and said, “You believe that I can make you see again. So this will happen.”
30. Then the men were able to see. But Jesus warned them very strongly, saying, “Don’t tell anyone about this.”
31. But the blind men left and spread the news about Jesus all around that area.
32. When the two men were leaving, some people brought another man to Jesus. This man could not talk because he had a demon in him.
33. Jesus forced the demon to leave the man. Then the man who couldn’t talk was able to speak. The crowd was amazed and said, “We have never seen anything like this in Israel.”
34. But the Pharisees said, “The leader of demons is the one that gives him power to force demons out.”