Matthew 14:36

begging him merely to let them touch the tassel of his cloak; and all who touched were made perfectly well.

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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

35But the people of that place, recognizing Jesus, sent out to the whole country around, and brought to him all who were ill,

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Cross References

Matthew 23:5All their actions are done to attract attention. They widen their phylacteries, and increase the size of their tassels,

Luke 6:19and everyone in the crowd was trying to touch him, because a power went out from him which restored them all.

John 7:23When a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath to prevent the Law of Moses from being broken, how can you be angry with me for making a man sound and well on a Sabbath?

Acts 4:9since we are on our trial today for a kind act done to a helpless man, and are asked in what way the man here before you has been cured,

Acts 19:11God did miracles of no ordinary kind by Paul’s hands;

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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