She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
Parallel translations
- WEB came behind him, and touched the fringe of his cloak, and immediately the flow of her blood stopped.
- KJV Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
- NKJV came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped.
- NASB came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
- NLT Coming up behind Jesus, she touched the fringe of his robe. Immediately, the bleeding stopped.
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Quick answer
She touches the fringe of Jesus' garment and is instantly healed. A simple act of faith meets the power of Christ.
Overview
Reaching out in faith, the woman touches the edge of Jesus' cloak and her bleeding stops at once. Her healing comes not by magic but through faith directed to the right person. The instant cure displays the abundance of healing power present in Jesus.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Mark 5:27–28When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.
- Deut 22:12You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
- Mal 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- Acts 19:12so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
- Matt 20:34Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.
- Mark 6:56And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
- Exod 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
- Matt 8:3Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
- John 5:13But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.
- Luke 13:13Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.
- Luke 7:38As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.
- Acts 5:15As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
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