and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”
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- WEB and begged him much, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live.”
- KJV And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
- NKJV and begged Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter lies at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live.”
- NASB and *pleaded with Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and lay Your hands on her, so that she will get well and live.”
- NLT pleading fervently with him. “My little daughter is dying,” he said. “Please come and lay your hands on her; heal her so she can live.”
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Jairus begs Jesus to come and lay hands on his dying daughter so she may live.
Overview
The father's earnest plea reveals his faith that Jesus' touch can heal and restore life. His request acknowledges Jesus' authority over sickness and death. This sincere, desperate faith becomes the thread Jesus will deepen as the story unfolds toward an even greater miracle.
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- Luke 13:13Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.
- Luke 4:40At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.
- Mark 16:18they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”
- Acts 28:8The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.
- 2 Sam 12:15–16After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.
- Jas 5:14–15Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
- Mark 9:21–22Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been with him?” “From childhood,” he said.
- Mark 8:23So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.
- Mark 7:32Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.
- Ps 107:19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- 2 Kgs 5:11But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.
- Luke 4:38After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,
- Ps 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Matt 8:3Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
- Mark 6:13They also drove out many demons and healed many of the sick, anointing them with oil.
- Mark 6:5–6So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.
- Luke 7:2–3There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die.
- Luke 7:12As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
- Mark 7:25–27Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet.
- Acts 9:17So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
- Acts 6:6They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
- John 11:3So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”
- John 4:46–47So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
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