Mark 5:21–43

A GIRL RESTORED AND A WOMAN HEALED

²¹When^f Jesus had crossed over again by boat^A to the other side, a large crowd^g gathered around him while he was by the sea. ²²One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus,^h came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet^{i 23}and begged him earnestly, “My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on^j her so that she can get well^Bk and live.” ²⁴So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against him.

²⁵Now a woman suffering from bleeding^l for twelve years ²⁶had endured^m much under many doctors.ⁿ She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse. ²⁷Having heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched^o his clothing.^{p 28}For she said, “If I just touch his clothes, I’ll be made well.”^{q 29}Instantly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was healed^r of her affliction.

³⁰Immediately Jesus realized that power^s had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd^t and said, “Who touched my clothes?”^u

³¹His disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing against you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’ ”

³²But he was looking around to see who had done this. ³³The woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down^v before him, and told him the whole truth.^{w 34}“Daughter,” he said to her, “your faith^x has saved you.^y Go in peace and be healed^z from your affliction.”^aa

³⁵While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the teacher^ab anymore?”

³⁶When Jesus overheard^C what was said, he told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid.^ac Only believe.” ³⁷He did not let anyone accompany him except Peter,^ad James,^ae and John,^af James’s brother. ³⁸They came to the leader’s house, and he saw a commotion—people weeping and wailing loudly. ³⁹He went in and said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping?^ag The child^ah is not dead but asleep.”^{ai 40}They laughed at him, but he put them all outside. He took the child’s father,^aj mother, and those who were with him, and entered the place where the child was. ⁴¹Then he took the child^ak by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum”^D (which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up”^al). ⁴²Immediately the girl got up^am and began to walk.^an (She was twelve years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.^{ao 43}Then he gave them strict orders that no one should know about this^ap and told them to give her something to eat.