And He said to her, “Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”
Parallel translations
- WEB He said to her, “Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”
- KJV And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
- BSB “Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
- NASB And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.”
- NLT “Daughter,” he said to her, “your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”
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Quick answer
Jesus calls her 'Daughter,' assures her that her faith has healed her, and sends her in peace. He affirms her faith and restores her with tender honor.
Overview
Jesus addresses the woman warmly as 'Daughter' and grounds her healing in her faith. The word 'made you well' carries the sense of salvation, pointing beyond the body to wholeness in Him. He sends her in peace, publicly restoring the outcast to dignity and community.
Cross-references & the web
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- Luke 7:50He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
- Matt 9:22But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, “Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.
- Heb 4:2For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard.
- Luke 17:19Then he said to him, “Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you.”
- Acts 14:9He was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
- Mark 5:34He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease.”
- Exod 4:18Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
- Luke 18:42Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you.”
- 2 Cor 6:18I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
- 1 Sam 1:17Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”
- Matt 8:13Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed.” His servant was healed in that hour.
- 2 Kgs 5:19He said to him, “Go in peace.” So he departed from him a little way.
- Matt 12:20He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.
- Matt 9:2Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you.”
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