Matthew 9:18 sets up this scene — the ruler's request brings Jesus to the house with flute players.

Matthew 9:19 shows Jesus following the ruler — leading directly to the commotion at the house.

Jeremiah 9:17-20 depicts professional wailing women and flute players at funerals — the same cultural practice Jesus encounters here.

Mark 5:35-38 is the parallel account — people announce the daughter's death and Jesus sees the commotion.

Mark 5:38-40 is the parallel account: Jesus sees flute players and a crowd weeping, then says she is not dead, and they laugh at him.

Luke 8:49-51 parallels the same moment — Jesus told the daughter is dead and goes to the house.

Acts 9:39 shows widows weeping over Tabitha's body — a later mourning scene that mirrors the one here before Jesus raises the girl.

In Luke 7:32, Jesus uses flute and dirge imagery to describe a generation that rejects both play and lament — here the same cultural symbols appear at a funeral.