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The Healing Touch of Jesus

Matthew 9:20

In 9 translations

BSB
Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.
KJV
¶ And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
WEB
Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;or, tassel
ASV
And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment:
LSV
and behold, a woman having a flow of blood [for] twelve years, having come to Him behind, touched the fringe of His garments,
YLT
and lo, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, having come to him behind, did touch the fringe of his garments,
DBY
And behold, a woman, who had had a bloody flux [for] twelve years, came behind and touched the hem of his garment;
DRC
And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.
GNV
(And beholde, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeres, came behinde him, and touched the hemme of his garment.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Καὶ ἰδοὺ γυνὴ αἱμορροοῦσα δώδεκα ἔτη προσελθοῦσα ὄπισθεν ἥψατο τοῦ κρασπέδου τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ·
RP2018
Καὶ ἰδού, γυνὴ αἱμορροοῦσα δώδεκα ἔτη, προσελθοῦσα ὄπισθεν, ἥψατο τοῦ κρασπέδου τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἰδού, γυνὴ αἱμορροοῦσα δώδεκα ἔτη, προσελθοῦσα ὄπισθεν, ἥψατο τοῦ κρασπέδου τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ.
SCR1894
και ιδου γυνη αιμορροουσα δωδεκα ετη προσελθουσα οπισθεν ηψατο του κρασπεδου του ιματιου αυτου

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  • Luke 8:43–56including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her. She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and…
  • Mark 6:56And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
  • Matthew 14:36and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
  • Mark 5:25–43And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had borne much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no avail. Instead, her condition had only grown worse.…
  • Deuteronomy 22:12You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
  • Matthew 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
  • Leviticus 15:25–33When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during…
  • Acts 5:15As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
  • Acts 19:12so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
  • Numbers 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. These will serve as tassels for…
  • Mark 8:22When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.

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