and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
Parallel translations
- WEB and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
- KJV And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
- NKJV and begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well.
- NASB and they pleaded with Him that they might just touch the border of His cloak; and all who touched it were cured.
- NLT They begged him to let the sick touch at least the fringe of his robe, and all who touched him were healed.
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Quick answer
They beg to touch even the fringe of His garment, and all who touch it are healed. Faith reaching out to Christ finds wholeness.
Overview
The sick plead merely to touch the edge of Jesus' cloak, and everyone who does is made well. Their humble, expectant faith is met by His abundant healing power. The scene, echoing the earlier healing of the woman with the issue of blood, reveals the overflowing grace available to all who come to Christ in trust.
Cross-references & the web
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- Luke 6:19The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.
- Acts 19:11–12God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
- Mark 3:10For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
- Acts 3:16By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.
- Matt 9:20–21Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.
- Exod 28:33–43Make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn all the way around the lower hem, with gold bells between them,
- John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
- Acts 4:14–16And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in response.
- Acts 4:9–10If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,
- Num 15:38–39“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.
- John 7:23If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?
- Matt 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
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