And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
Parallel translations
- WEB He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
- KJV And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
- NKJV Then He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
- NASB And He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
- NLT And Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
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Quick answer
Jesus tells the woman her faith has saved her and sends her away in peace. Forgiveness is received not by works but by trusting Him.
Overview
Jesus addresses the forgiven woman directly, grounding her salvation in faith rather than in the love or tears that flowed from it. Her devotion was the fruit, not the cause, of being pardoned. The verse displays the heart of the Gospel: sinners are justified through faith in Christ and receive true peace with God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Mark 5:34“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free of your affliction.”
- Luke 8:48“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
- Luke 18:42“Receive your sight!” Jesus replied. “Your faith has healed you.”
- Matt 9:22Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.
- Mark 10:52“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.
- Eph 2:8–10For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
- Rom 5:1–2Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Jas 2:14–26What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
- Hab 2:4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
- Luke 8:42because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him,
- Luke 8:18Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
- Eccl 9:7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
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Luke shows Jesus the Savior for all — outsiders, the poor, the nations — the one who, on the Emmaus road, opened all the Scriptures to show they were about himself.
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