came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood 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.
- BSB She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding 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.
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Cross-references · 12
- Mark 5:27–28having heard the things concerning Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd, and touched his clothes.
- Deut 22:12You shall make yourselves fringes on the four corners of your cloak with which you cover yourself.
- Mal 4:2But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
- Acts 19:12so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.
- Matt 20:34Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.
- Mark 6:56Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
- Exod 15:26and he said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you.”
- Matt 8:3Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
- John 5:13But he who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
- Luke 13:13He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.
- Luke 7:38Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
- Acts 5:15They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them.
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