Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁴⁰ When Jesus came back, the people were very glad to see him. They were all waiting for him.

⁴¹ A man named Jairus came to him. He was a ruler in the meeting house. He bowed down in front of Jesus and begged him to come to his house.

⁴² He had only one daughter She was about twelve years old. And she was dying. Many people went with Jesus and pushed against him.

⁴³ A woman among them had a sickness for twelve years. She was bleeding all the time. She had given all her money to the doctors, but no one had been able to heal her.

⁴⁴ She came behind Jesus and touched his clothes. The bleeding stopped right away.

⁴⁵ Jesus said, `Who touched me?' Everyone said, `Not I!' Peter said, `Master, the people are all around you and push you.'

⁴⁶ But Jesus said, `Someone touched me. I know that power to heal went out from me.'

⁴⁷ The woman saw that he knew about her. So she came trembling and bowed down in front of him. She told him in front of all the people why she had touched him. She told him that she had been healed right away.

⁴⁸ Jesus said to her, `Daughter, you were healed because you believed. Go and do not be troubled.'

⁴⁹ While he was still talking, a man came from the ruler's house. He said, `Your daughter has died. Do not trouble the Teacher any more.'

⁵⁰ Jesus heard it. He said, `Do not fear. Only believe and she will be healed.'

⁵¹ When Jesus came to the house, he did not let the people go in with him. The only people he let go in were Peter, John and James, and the girl's father and mother.

⁵² All the people were crying and making a lot of noise because she had died. But he said, `Do not cry. She is not dead, but sleeping.'

⁵³ They laughed at him because they knew she was dead.

⁵⁴ He took her hand and called out, `Little girl, get up.'

⁵⁵ Her life came back and she got up right away. He told them to give her something to eat.

⁵⁶ Her parents were very much surprised. Jesus said, `Do not tell anyone what has happened.'