"And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind {him}, and touched the hem of …" — Matthew 9:20

Matthew 9:20 · KJV

“And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind {him}, and touched the hem of his garment:”

— Matthew 9:20

Verse 19

And Jesus arose, and followed him, and {so did} his disciples.

Verse 21

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

Matthew 9 — Context

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.

And Jesus arose, and followed him, and {so did} his disciples.

And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind {him}, and touched the hem of his garment:

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

But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

Cross References

Luke 8:43-56

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

Mark 6:56

And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole. {touched him: or, touched it}

Matthew 14:36

And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

Mark 5:25-43

And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,

Deuteronomy 22:12

Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest {thyself}. {quarters: Heb. wings}

Acts 5:15

Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid {them} on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. {into...: or, in every street}

Matthew 23:5

But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, {phylacteries: pieces of parchment containing sentences of the law}

Leviticus 15:25-33

And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she {shall be} unclean.