Matthew 14:36

And they petitioned him, so that they might touch even the hem of his garment. And as many as touched it were made whole.

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In The King James Version

And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

In Context

35And when the men of that place had recognized him, they sent into all that region, and they brought to him all who had maladies.

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Cross References

Numbers 15:38“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall tell them to make for themselves hems at the corners of their cloaks, placing in them ribbons of hyacinth,

Matthew 23:5Truly, they do all their works so that they may be seen by men. For they enlarge their phylacteries and glorify their hems.

Luke 6:19And the entire crowd was trying to touch him, because power went out from him and healed all.

John 7:23If a man can receive circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you indignant toward me, because I have made a man whole on the Sabbath?

Acts 4:9If we today are judged by a good deed done to an infirm man, by which he has been made whole,

Acts 19:11And God was accomplishing powerful and uncommon miracles by the hand of Paul,

Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:35-36

The People of Gennesaret Flock to Christ. 34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. 35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; 36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. We have here an account of miracles by wholesale, which Christ wrought on the other side of the water, in the land of Gennesaret.… Read the whole commentary →

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