Matthew 9:21

For she said within herself, If I touch only the cloth of him, I shall be safe. (For she said within herself, If I only touch his cloak, then I shall be saved, or I shall be healed.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20And lo! a woman, that had a bloody flux, [or that suffered the running of blood], (for) twelve years, nighed behind, and touched the hem of his cloth. (And behold! a woman, who had suffered a flow, or an issue, of blood for twelve years, approached behind him, and touched the hem of his cloak.)

22And Jesus turned, and saw her, and said, Daughter, have thou trust; thy faith hath made thee safe, (or thy faith hath saved thee, or hath healed thee). And the woman was [made] whole from that hour (or at that moment).

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Cross References

Mark 5:26and had received many things of full many leeches, and had spended all her good (s), (or and had received many treatments from a great many physicians, and had spent all her money), and was nothing amended [or and (had) nothing profited], but was rather the worse,

Acts 19:12so that on sick men the sudaria, [or sweating clothes], (or napkins), were borne from his body, and sicknesses departed from them, and wicked spirits went out.

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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