A Woman Touches Jesus' Garments
Luke 8: 43-48 and Mark 5:25-34 and Matthew 9:20-22 (RSV)
43: And a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years and could
not be healed by any one,
44: came up behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; and
immediately her flow of blood ceased.
45: And Jesus said, "Who was it that touched me?" When all denied it,
Peter said, "Master, the multitudes surround you and press upon you!"
46: But Jesus said, "Some one touched me; for I perceive that power has
gone forth from me."
47: And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling,
and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she
had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed.
48: And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in
peace."
25: And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve
years,
26: and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all
that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse.
27: She had heard the reports about Jesus, and came up behind him in the
crowd and touched his garment.
28: For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I shall be made well."
29: And immediately the hemorrhage ceased; and she felt in her body that
she was healed of her disease.
30: And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him,
immediately turned about in the crowd, and said, "Who touched my garments?"
31: And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around
you, and yet you say, `Who touched me?'"
32: And he looked around to see who had done it.
33: But the woman, knowing what had been done to her, came in fear and
trembling and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.
34: And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in
peace, and be healed of your disease."
20: And behold, a woman who had suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve
years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment;
21: for she said to herself, "If I only touch his garment, I shall be
made well."
22: Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, "Take heart, daughter; your
faith has made you well." And instantly the woman was made well.