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Raising of Jairus' Daughter (Matthew 9:18-19, 23-26 or Mark 5:21-43)
Matthew 9:18-19: "18 While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, 'My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.' 19 And Jesus rose and followed him, with his disciples."
Matthew 9:23-26: "23 And when Jesus came to the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, 24 he said, 'Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping.' And they laughed at him. 25 But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. 26 And the report of this went through all that district."
Mark 5:21-43: "21 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. 22 Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet 23 and implored him earnestly, saying, 'My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live.' 24 And he went with him.
"And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. 25 And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, 26 and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. 27 She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. 28 For she said, 'If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.' 29 And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 30 And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, 'Who touched my garments?' 31 And his disciples said to him, 'You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, "Who touched me?"' 32 And he looked around to see who had done it. 33 But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. 34 And he said to her, 'Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.'
"35 While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who said, 'Your daughter is dead. Why troubled the Teacher any further?' 36 But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, 'Do not fear, only believe.' 37 And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James. 38 They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. 39 And when he had entered, he said to them, 'Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but sleeping.' 40 And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside and took the child's father and mother and those who were with him and went in where the child was. 41 Taking her by the hand he said to her, 'Talitha cumi,' which means, 'Little girl, I say to you, arise.' 42 And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement. 43 And he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat."
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Raising of the Widow's Son (Luke 7:11-17)
Luke 7:11-17: "11 Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12 As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, 'Do not weep.' 14 Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, 'Young man, I say to you, arise.' 15 And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. 16 Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, 'A great prophet has arisen among us!' and 'God has visited his people!' 17 And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country."
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Raising of Lazarus (John 11:1-45)
John 11:1-45: "1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. 3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, 'Lord, he whom you love is ill.' 4 But when Jesus heard it he said, 'This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.'
"5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 7 Then after this he said to the disciples, 'Let us go to Judea again.' 8 The disciples said to him, 'Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?' 9 Jesus answered, 'Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.' 11 After saying these things, he said to them, 'Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.' 12 The disciples said to him, 'Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.' 13 Now Jesus has spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus told them plainly, 'Lazarus has died, 15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.' 16 So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, 'Let us also go, that we may die with him.'
"17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.' 23 Jesus said to her, 'Your brother will rise again.' 24 Martha said to him, 'I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.' 25 Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?' 27 She said to him, 'Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.'
"28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, 'The Teacher is here and is calling for you.' 29 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. 31 When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32 Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.' 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled. 34 And he said, 'Where have you laid him?' They said to him, 'Lord, come and see.' 35 Jesus wept. 36 So the Jews said, 'See how he loved him!' 37 But some of them said, 'Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?'
"38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, 'Take away the stone.' Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, 'Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.' 40 Jesus said to her, 'Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?' 41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, 'Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me.' 43 When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come out.' 44 The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, 'Unbind him, and let him go.'"
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The formatting in The Lutheran Service Book makes it obvious that the texts of the Raising of Jairus' Daughter appear in verses five and six, the text of the Raising of the Widow's Son appears in verses seven and eight, and the text of the Raising of Lazarus appears in verses nine and ten.
The lines "But You have broken death's embrace / And torn away its sting" in the fourth verse refer to 1 Corinthians 15:55: "'O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?'"
