Luke 8

A desperate father

40 Now it happened, when Jesus returned, that the crowd welcomed Him, because they were all waiting for Him.*If you go around doing what Jesus did, you become public property. 41 And then, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue; he fell down at Jesus' feet and started begging Him to come to his house, 42 because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying.

A desperate woman

Now as He was going, the crowds were pressing against Him. 43 And a woman—suffering with a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent her whole livelihood on physicians, but could not be healed by any— 44 approaching from behind touched the border of His garment; and immediately the flow of her blood stopped! 45 So Jesus said, "Who touched me?"*He was referring to a purposeful touch. When all denied it, Peter and those with him said: "Master, the people are pressing against you and crowding in, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’ "*Perhaps 1.5% of the Greek manuscripts, of objectively inferior quality, omit "and you say, ‘Who touched me?’ " (as in NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc.). 46 But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me, because I noticed power going out from me." 47 Now when the woman saw that she could not hide, she came trembling, and falling down before Him she told Him in the presence of all the people*That was not easy, but she was desperate. the reason why she had touched Him, and how she was healed immediately. 48 So He said: "Courage, daughter, your faith has healed you. Go into peace."*Again, ‘into’ not ‘in’. Her life was now going to be different. Perhaps 1.5% of the Greek manuscripts, of objectively inferior quality, omit "courage" (as in NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc.).

Jesus raises a dead girl

49 While He was still speaking, here came someone from the synagogue ruler’s house, saying to him: "Your daughter has died. Don’t bother the teacher." 50 But upon hearing it Jesus reacted by saying to him, "Don’t be afraid; just believe and she will be healed." 51 When He arrived at the house, He allowed no one to go in except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother. 52 Now all were weeping and mourning for her; but He said, "Do not weep; she is not dead, but sleeping." 53 They started ridiculing Him, knowing that she had died. 54 So He put them all outside, and*Perhaps 1.5% of the Greek manuscripts, of objectively inferior quality, omit "put them all outside, and" (as in NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc.). grasping her hand He called, saying, "Child, arise!" 55 Then her spirit returned, and she got right up! And He directed that she be given something to eat.*Nothing like being practical! 56 Her parents were astonished, but He charged them to tell no one what had happened.*Of course that would be difficult, because all the people who knew the girl had died would see her going about normally, and would want an explanation.