Matthew 14:36

And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were restored to health.

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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

35And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all the surrounding country, and brought to him all that were diseased;

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Cross References

Numbers 15:38Speak to the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribin of blue:

Matthew 23:5But all their works they do to be seen by men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

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

John 7:23If a man on the sabbath receiveth circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have restored a man to sound health on the sabbath?

Acts 4:9If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made sound.

Acts 19:11And God wrought special 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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