Matthew 9:21

for she said to herself, "If I but touch His cloak, I shall be cured."

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.

In Context

20But a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage came behind Him and touched the tassel of His cloak;

22And Jesus turned and saw her, and said, "Take courage, daughter; your faith has cured you." And the woman was restored to health from that moment.

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Cross References

Mark 5:26and had undergone many different treatments under a number of doctors and had spent all she had without receiving benefit but on the contrary growing worse,

Acts 19:12Towels or aprons, for instance, which Paul had handled used to be carried to the sick, and they recovered from their ailments, or the evil spirits left 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 →

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