Matthew 14:36

and they besought him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment: and as many as touched it were cured.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 knew him, they sent into all that neighbourhood, and brought to him all that had illnesses:

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Cross References

Matthew 23:5And all their works they do to be seen of men: they make their phylacteries broad, and deepen the fringes of their garments,

Luke 6:19And all the multitude strove to touch him, for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

John 7:23If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath-day, that the law of Moses should not be violated; are ye incensed against me, because I have made a man whole on the sabbath-day?

Acts 4:9if we are this day examined relative to the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he was restored;

Acts 19:11And God wrought by the hands of Paul extraordinary miracles;

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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