Luke 8:41–56

⁴¹Then a man named Jairus arrived; he was an official in the local synagogue. He threw himself down at Jesus’ feet and begged him to go to his home, ⁴²because his only daughter, who was twelve years old, was dying.

As Jesus went along, the people were crowding him from every side. ⁴³Among them was a woman who had suffered from severe bleeding for twelve years; she had spent all she had on doctors,ⁱ but no one had been able to cure her. ⁴⁴She came up in the crowd behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak, and her bleeding stopped at once. ⁴⁵Jesus asked, “Who touched me?”

Everyone denied it, and Peter said, “Master, the people are all round you and crowding in on you.”

⁴⁶But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I knew it when power went out of me.” ⁴⁷The woman saw that she had been found out, so she came trembling and threw herself at Jesus’ feet. There in front of everybody, she told him why she had touched him and how she had been healed at once. ⁴⁸Jesus said to her, “My daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”

⁴⁹While Jesus was saying this, a messenger came from the official’s house. “Your daughter has died,” he told Jairus; “don’t bother the Teacher any longer.”

⁵⁰But Jesus heard it and said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid; only believe, and she will be well.”

⁵¹When he arrived at the house, he would not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child’s father and mother. ⁵²Everyone there was crying and mourning for the child. Jesus said, “Don’t cry; the child is not dead—she is only sleeping!”

⁵³They all laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead. ⁵⁴But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Get up, my child!” ⁵⁵Her life returned, and she got up at once, and Jesus ordered them to give her something to eat. ⁵⁶Her parents were astounded, but Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone what had happened.