Matthew 14:36

and besought him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched were made whole.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 the men of that place, knowing him, sent out into all that country round, and brought to him all that were diseased

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Cross References

Matthew 23:5But all their works they do to be seen by men; they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes;

Luke 6:19and all the multitude sought to touch him, because power went out from him and healed them all.

John 7:23If a man receives circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I made a man altogether whole on the sabbath?

Acts 4:9if we are this day examined in respect to a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this person has been made whole;

Acts 19:11And God wrought special miracles by the hands 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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