A Synagogue Leader’s Daughter and the Woman with Chronic Bleeding^(A)

¹⁸ A synagogue leader came to Yeshua while he was talking to John’s disciples. He bowed down in front of Yeshua and said, “My daughter just died. Come, lay your hand on her, and she will live.”

¹⁹ Yeshua and his disciples got up and followed the man.

²⁰ Then a woman came up behind Yeshua and touched the edge of his clothes. She had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. ²¹ She thought, “If I only touch his clothes, I’ll get well.”

²² When Yeshua turned and saw her he said, “Cheer up, daughter! Your faith has made you well.” At that very moment the woman became well.

²³ Yeshua came to the synagogue leader’s house. He saw flute players and a noisy crowd. ²⁴ He said to them, “Leave! The girl is not dead. She’s sleeping.” But they laughed at him.

²⁵ When the crowd had been put outside, Yeshua went in, took her hand, and the girl came back to life.

²⁶ The news about this spread throughout that region.

Jairus’ Daughter and a Woman with Chronic Bleeding^(A)

²¹ Yeshua again crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee in a boat. A large crowd gathered around him by the seashore.

²² A synagogue leader named Jairus also arrived. When he saw Yeshua, he quickly bowed down in front of him. ²³ He begged Yeshua, “My little daughter is dying. Come, lay your hands on her so that she may get well and live.”

²⁴ Yeshua went with the man. A huge crowd followed Yeshua and pressed him on every side.

²⁵ In the crowd was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. ²⁶ Although she had been under the care of many doctors and had spent all her money, she had not been helped at all. Actually, she had become worse. ²⁷ Since she had heard about Yeshua, she came from behind in the crowd and touched his clothes. ²⁸ She said, “If I can just touch his clothes, I’ll get well.” ²⁹ Her bleeding stopped immediately. She felt cured from her illness.

³⁰ At that moment Yeshua felt power had gone out of him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”

³¹ His disciples said to him, “How can you ask, ‘Who touched me,’ when you see the crowd pressing you on all sides?”

³² But he kept looking around to see the woman who had done this. ³³ The woman trembled with fear. She knew what had happened to her. So she quickly bowed in front of him and told him the whole truth.

³⁴ Yeshua told her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace! Be cured from your illness.”

³⁵ While Yeshua was still speaking to her, some people came from the synagogue leader’s home. They told the synagogue leader, “Your daughter has died. Why bother the teacher anymore?”

³⁶ When Yeshua overheard what they said, he told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid! Just believe.”

³⁷ Yeshua allowed no one to go with him except Peter and the two brothers James and John. ³⁸ When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Yeshua saw a noisy crowd there. People were crying and sobbing loudly. ³⁹ When he came into the house, he asked them, “Why are you making so much noise and crying? The child isn’t dead. She’s just sleeping.”

⁴⁰ They laughed at him. So he made all of them go outside. Then he took the child’s father, mother, and his three disciples and went to the child. ⁴¹ Yeshua took the child’s hand and said to her, “Talitha, koum!” which means, “Little girl, I’m telling you to get up!”

⁴² The girl got up at once and started to walk. (She was twelve years old.) They were astonished.

⁴³ Yeshua ordered them not to let anyone know about this. He also told them to give the little girl something to eat.