Mark 5:21–43

Jairus’ Daughter and a Woman with Chronic Bleeding—Matthew 9:18–26; Luke 8:40–56

²¹Jesus again crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee in a boat. A large crowd gathered around him by the seashore. 

²²A synagogue leader named Jairus also arrived. When he saw Jesus, he quickly bowed down in front of him. ²³He begged Jesus, “My little daughter is dying. Come, lay your hands on her so that she may get well and live.” 

²⁴Jesus went with the man. A huge crowd followed Jesus and pressed him on every side. 

²⁵In the crowd was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. ²⁶Although she had been under the care of many doctors and had spent all her money, she had not been helped at all. Actually, she had become worse. ²⁷Since she had heard about Jesus, she came from behind in the crowd and touched his clothes. ²⁸She said, “If I can just touch his clothes, I’ll get well.” ²⁹Her bleeding stopped immediately. She felt cured from her illness. 

³⁰At that moment Jesus felt power had gone out of him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” 

³¹His disciples said to him, “How can you ask, ‘Who touched me,’ when you see the crowd pressing you on all sides?” 

³²But he kept looking around to see the woman who had done this. ³³The woman trembled with fear. She knew what had happened to her. So she quickly bowed in front of him and told him the whole truth. 

³⁴Jesus told her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace! Be cured from your illness.” 

³⁵While Jesus was still speaking to her, some people came from the synagogue leader’s home. They told the synagogue leader, “Your daughter has died. Why bother the teacher anymore?” 

³⁶When Jesus overheard what they said, he told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid! Just believe.” 

³⁷Jesus allowed no one to go with him except Peter and the two brothers James and John. ³⁸When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a noisy crowd there. People were crying and sobbing loudly. ³⁹When he came into the house, he asked them, “Why are you making so much noise and crying? The child isn’t dead. She’s just sleeping.” 

⁴⁰They laughed at him. So he made all of them go outside. Then he took the child’s father, mother, and his three disciples and went to the child. ⁴¹Jesus took the child’s hand and said to her, “Talitha, koum!” which means, “Little girl, I’m telling you to get up!” 

⁴²The girl got up at once and started to walk. (She was twelve years old.) They were astonished. 

⁴³Jesus ordered them not to let anyone know about this. He also told them to give the little girl something to eat.