There was a great crowd about Jesus, and one of which, being a ruler of the Synagogue, was named Jairus. When he saw Jesus he fell down at Jesus’ feet and said, “My daughter is at the point of death, come, lay your hand upon her that she may be safe, and live.” Jesus then went with Jairus, and the crowd followed Him and pressed around Him. There was a woman nearby who had suffered from an issue of blood for 12 years. She had suffered many treatments from several doctors that only made her problem worse. She saw Jesus and went into the crowds after Him seeking to touch His clothes for she said to herself, “If I can touch just His garment, I shall be healed.” When she touched His garment she felt that the streaming of blood from her had stopped and she was completely healed. Jesus though, immediately knew that power had come out of Him and turned to the pressing crowd and asked, “Who has touched My garments?” His disciples hearing this asked Him, “Master, you see the crowd swarming about you, and you ask, who has touched me?” But Jesus looked around in the crowd for one who did. The woman was afraid and trembled for she knew what had happened to her and she fell down before Jesus and told Him the truth. Jesus said to the woman, “Daughter, your faith has healed you: go in peace, and be healed of your disease.” While this was happening, a person of Jairus’ house came and told Jairus, “Your daughter is dead; why do you trouble the master any more?”
