Jairus’s daughter
A father asks for help, a woman touches a coat, and a girl gets up. Read Mark 5 in English with nine new words.
The words in this story
9 words you will really use: they appear in the Story and in the exercises, and come back in Review in the following Units.
crowd
noun
name
noun
daughter
noun
live
verb
woman
noun
year
noun
touch
verb
girl
noun
old
adjective
Original verse
The verse that closes the Unit, in the text of the World English Bible. After three lessons, this is how you read it, with no retelling.
Mark 5:41 · WEB
Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, “Talitha cumi!” which means, being interpreted, “Girl, I tell you, get up!”
What a Unit looks like
First the whole Story, retold in simple English with sentence-by-sentence audio. Then three short lessons, each with a slice of the story, a Tip and exercises. At the end, the Original verse and the Celebration.
- História · 16 frases, tradução ao toque, 3 checagens sem XP
- 3 lições · um trecho, uma Dica e exercícios em cada uma
- Versículo original · o texto da Bíblia sem reconto · próxima história
Questions about this story
Which Bible passage is this lesson based on?
Mark 5:21-43, in the World English Bible.
How many new English words will I learn?
9 new words, all taken from the story.
Are two stories told together?
Yes. In the text the woman in the crowd appears on the way to the house of Jairus. This lesson keeps both, in short sentences.
Will I read the real Bible verse?
Yes: at the end you read Mark 5:41 in the Bible, word for word.
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More stories from the New Testament Course, in canonical order.
