Matthew 14:36

and they entreated of him, that they might touch at least the extremity of his garment. And they who touched, were healed.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 the men of that place knew him: and they sent to all the villages around them; and they brought to him all that were very sick;

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Cross References

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

Luke 6:19And the whole multitude sought to touch him; for there went a virtue out of him and healed them all.

John 7:23And if a child is circumcised on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be violated, do ye murmur at me, because I have made a man entirely sound on the sabbath day?

Acts 4:9If we are judged by you this day, respecting the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he was healed;

Acts 19:11And God wrought very great miracles by the hand 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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