Matthew 14:36

They begged him to let the sick touch even the fringe of his garment, and all who touched it were completely healed.

Text-Critical English NT

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 when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word into the entire surrounding region, and people brought to him all who were sick.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:5They do all their works to be seen by others. They make their phylacteries wide and the fringes of their garments long.

Luke 6:19The entire crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all.

John 7:23If a boy can receive circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath?

Acts 4:9if we are being examined today about a good deed done to a disabled man and by what means he has been healed,

Acts 19:11Now God was performing extraordinary 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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