21 (NIV) When Jesus had
again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lakeÉ 22
one of the synagogue rulers, nam-ed JairusÉ Seeing Jesus,
he fell at his feet 23 and pleaded earnestly with him,
"My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her
so that she will be healed and live." 24 So Jesus went with him.
A large crowd followed and press-ed around him. 25 And a
woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for
twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care
of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of
getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about
Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his
cloak, 28 because she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will
be healed." 29 Immediately her bleed-ing stopped and she felt
in her body that she was freed from her suffering.