Matthew 9:21

for she said within herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I will be saved.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.

In Context

20and behold, a woman having a flow of blood [for] twelve years, having come to Him behind, touched the fringe of His garments,

22And Jesus having turned, and having seen her, said, “Take courage, daughter, your faith has saved you,” and the woman was saved from that hour.

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Cross References

Mark 5:26and having suffered many things under many physicians, and having spent all that she had, and having profited nothing, but rather having come to the worse,

Acts 19:12so that even to the ailing were brought from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them; the evil spirits also went forth from them.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 9:19-27

The Ruler's Daughter Raised. 18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. 19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. 20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: 21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. 22 But Jesus… Read the whole commentary →

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