Luke 8:43

And there was a certain woman, with a flow of blood for twelve years, who had paid out all her substance on physicians, and she was unable to be cured by any of them.

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In The King James Version

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

In Context

42For he had an only daughter, nearly twelve years old, and she was dying. And it happened that, as he was going there, he was hemmed in by the crowd.

44She approached him from behind, and she touched the hem of his garment. And at once the flow of her blood stopped.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:12And now Asa became ill, in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, with a very severe pain in his feet. And yet, in his infirmity, he did not seek the Lord. Instead, he trusted more in the skill of physicians.

Psalms 108:12May there be no one to assist him, nor anyone to be compassionate to his orphaned children.

Isaiah 55:1All you who thirst, come to the waters. And you who have no money: hurry, buy and eat. Approach, buy wine and milk, without money and without barter.

Mark 5:25And there was a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years.

Mark 9:21And often it casts him into fire or into water, in order to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, help us and take pity on us.”

Luke 13:11And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years. And she was bent over; and she was unable to look upwards at all.

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:41-56

The Issue of Blood Healed; The Ruler's Daughter Raised. 40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. 41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house: 42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. 43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve… Read the whole commentary →

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