But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, “Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.
Parallel translations
- WEB But 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.
- KJV But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
- BSB Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.
- NASB But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, “Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well.” And at once the woman was made well.
- NLT Jesus turned around, and when he saw her he said, “Daughter, be encouraged! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was healed at that moment.
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Quick answer
Jesus turns, calls her 'Daughter,' and declares her faith has healed her. He affirms her openly and restores her completely.
Overview
Jesus does not let the woman slip away unnoticed but addresses her tenderly as 'Daughter' and credits her faith for her healing. The cure is instant and complete. The encounter shows that it is faith in Christ, not magic in his clothing, that saves, and that he welcomes the outcast with grace.
Cross-references & the web
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- Luke 7:50He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
- Matt 15:28Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
- 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.”
- Mark 10:52Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your faith has made you well.” Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus on the way.
- Luke 17:19Then he said to him, “Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you.”
- Luke 18:42Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you.”
- Luke 8:48He said to her, “Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”
- Mark 5:34He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease.”
- Matt 9:29Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.”
- Acts 14:9He was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
- Acts 16:18She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.
- John 4:53So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” He believed, as did his whole house.
- 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.
- Matt 17:18Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
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