Matthew 9:20 “Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came…”

Matthew 9:20

Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;

American Standard Version

And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment:

Geneva Bible 1599

(And beholde, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeres, came behinde him, and touched the hemme of his garment.

Darby Translation

And behold, a woman, who had had a bloody flux [for] twelve years, came behind and touched the hem of his garment;

Young's Literal Translation

and lo, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, having come to him behind, did touch the fringe of his garments,

Bible in Basic English

And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe:

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Cross references

“behold”

Luke 8:43–56 Mark 5:25–43

Luke 8:43–56 · BSB

including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.

Mark 5:25–43 · BSB

And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.

“an issue”

Leviticus 15:25–33

Leviticus 15:25–33 · BSB

When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during th…

“touched”

Mark 6:56 Matthew 14:36 Acts 5:15 Acts 19:12 Mark 8:22 Mark 5:28

Mark 6:56 · BSB

And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.

Matthew 14:36 · BSB

and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.

Acts 5:15 · BSB

As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.

Acts 19:12 · BSB

so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.

Mark 8:22 · BSB

When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.

Mark 5:28 · BSB

For she kept saying, “If only I touch His garments, I will be healed.”

“hem”

Deuteronomy 22:12 Matthew 23:5 Numbers 15:38 Numbers 15:39 Luke 8:44

Deuteronomy 22:12 · BSB

You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.

Matthew 23:5 · BSB

All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

Numbers 15:38 · BSB

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.

Numbers 15:39 · BSB

These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.

Luke 8:44 · BSB

She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19So Jesus got up and went with him, along with His disciples.

21She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.”

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