Luke 8:37–45
37All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. Then he entered into the boat and returned.↗
38But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,↗
39“Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.”He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.↗
40When Jesus returned, the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.↗
41Behold, a man named Jairus came. He was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’ feet and begged him to come into his house,↗
42for he had an only born daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.↗
43A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians and could not be healed by any,↗
44came behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak. Immediately the flow of her blood stopped.↗
45Jesus said,“Who touched me?” When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes press and jostle you, and you say,‘Who touched me?’”↗
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