¹⁸While Jesus was saying these things, a leader of the synagogue came to him. He bowed down before Jesus and said, “My daughter has just died. But if you come and lay your hand on her, she will live again.” ¹⁹So Jesus and his followers stood up and went with the leader.

²⁰Then a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years came behind Jesus and touched the edge of his coat. ²¹She was thinking, “If I can just touch his clothes, I will be healed.”

²²Jesus turned and saw the woman and said, “Be encouraged, dear woman. You are made well because you believed.” And the woman was healed from that moment on.

²³Jesus continued along with the leader and went into his house. There he saw the funeral musicians and many people crying. ²⁴Jesus said, “Go away. The girl is not dead, only asleep.” But the people laughed at him. ²⁵After the crowd had been thrown out of the house, Jesus went into the girl’s room and took hold of her hand, and she stood up. ²⁶The news about this spread all around the area.

Jesus Heals More People

²⁷When Jesus was leaving there, two blind men followed him. They cried out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

²⁸After Jesus went inside, the blind men went with him. He asked the men, “Do you believe that I can make you see again?”

They answered, “Yes, Lord.”

²⁹Then Jesus touched their eyes and said, “Because you believe I can make you see again, it will happen.” ³⁰Then the men were able to see. But Jesus warned them strongly, saying, “Don’t tell anyone about this.” ³¹But the blind men left and spread the news about Jesus all around that area.

³²When the two men were leaving, some people brought another man to Jesus. This man could not talk because he had a demon in him. ³³After Jesus forced the demon to leave the man, he was able to speak. The crowd was amazed and said, “We have never seen anything like this in Israel.”

³⁴But the Pharisees said, “The prince of demons is the one that gives him power to force demons out.”

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