Matthew 14:36
And they besought him that they might touch but the hem of his garment. And as many as touched, were made whole.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 15:38Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt tell them I to make to themselves fringes in the corners of their garments, putting in them ribands of blue:
Matthew 23:5And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes.
Luke 6:19And all the multitude sought to touch him, for virtue went out from him, and healed all.
John 7:23If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are you angry at me because I have healed the whole man on the sabbath day?
Acts 4:9If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he hath been made whole:
Acts 19:11And God wrought by the hand of Paul more than common miracles.
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 →