Matthew 9:20
But meanwhile a woman, who had been suffering from hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind and touched the tassel of his cloak.
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In Context
19So Jesus rose and followed him, and his disciples went also.
21“If I only touch his cloak,” she said to herself, “I will get well.”
Cross References
Matthew 14:36begging him merely to let them touch the tassel of his cloak; and all who touched were made perfectly well.
Mark 5:25Meanwhile a woman who for twelve years had suffered from hemorrhage,
Mark 8:22They came to Bethsaida. There some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and begged him to touch him.
Acts 5:15The consequence was that people would bring out their sick even into the streets, and lay them on mattresses and mats, in the hope that, as Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on someone of 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 →