Mark 5:25–34

²⁵A woman was there who had a sickness that made her bleed. It had lasted for 12 years. ²⁶She had suffered a great deal, even though she had gone to many doctors. She had spent all the money she had. But she was getting worse, not better. ²⁷Then she heard about Jesus. She came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothes. ²⁸She thought, “I just need to touch his clothes. Then I will be healed.” ²⁹Right away her bleeding stopped. She felt in her body that her suffering was over.

³⁰At once Jesus knew that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd. He asked, “Who touched my clothes?”

³¹“You see the people,” his disciples answered. “They are crowding against you. And you still ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”

³²But Jesus kept looking around. He wanted to see who had touched him.

³³Then the woman came and fell at his feet. She knew what had happened to her. She was shaking with fear. But she told him the whole truth.

³⁴He said to her, “Dear woman, your faith has healed you. Go in peace. You are free from your suffering.”