While they were still on the way, a messenger pressed through the crowd, bearing to Jairus the news that his daughter was dead, and it was useless to trouble the Master further. The word caught the ear of 343 Jesus. "Fear not," He said; "believe only, and she shall be made whole."

Medens de endnu var på vej, trængte et sendebud sig frem gennem mængden med den meddelelse til Jairus, at hans datter var død, og at det ville være unyttigt at gøre Mesteren yderligere ulejlighed. Disse ord blev hørt af Jesus. "Frygt ikke," sagde han, "tro kun, så skal hun blive frelst."