Old/New Testament

¹⁸ While he was thus speaking to them, a certain leader came and did reverence to him, saying, My daughter is even now deceased. But come and lay your hand on her, and she will live. ¹⁹ And Jesus arose and followed him with his disciples.

²⁰ And behold, a woman who had been diseased for 12 years with an issue of blood came up behind him and touched the hem of his vesture. ²¹ For she said in herself, If I may touch but even his vesture only, I will be healed. ²² Then Jesus, turning about and seeing her, said, Daughter, be of good comfort; your faith has made you whole. And she was healed even that same hour.

²³ And when Jesus came into the leader’s house and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise ²⁴ he said to them, All of you, go away, for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they laughed him to scorn. ²⁵ But as soon as the people were put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. ²⁶ And news of this spread throughout all that land.

²⁷ And as Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying, O Son of David, have mercy on us! ²⁸ And when he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him. And Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? And they said to him, Yes, Lord. ²⁹ Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it unto you. ³⁰ And their eyes were opened. And Jesus charged them, saying, See that no one knows of this. ³¹ But they, as soon as they had left, spread abroad his name throughout all the land.

³² As they went out, behold, people brought to him a dumb man, possessed by a devil. ³³ And as soon as the devil was cast out, the mute spoke. And the people marvelled, saying, Never have such things been seen in Israel! ³⁴ But the Pharisees said, He casts out devils by the power of the chief devil.

³⁵ And Jesus went about all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the glad tidings of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and disease among the people.

³⁶ But when he saw the people, he had compassion on them, because they were worn and weak and scattered abroad, even as sheep having no shepherd. ³⁷ Then he said to his disciples, The harvest is great, but the labourers are few. ³⁸ Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send forth labourers into his harvest.