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Luke 8:44

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Came behind [him], and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

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KJV King James Version

Came behind [him], and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

WEB World English Bible

came behind him, and touched the fringe of his cloak, and immediately the flow of her blood stopped.

ASV American Standard Version

came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately the issue of her blood stanched.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

having come near behind, touched the fringe of his garment, and presently the issue of her blood stood.

Surrounding context — Luke 8

41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:

42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.

43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

44 Came behind [him], and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press [thee], and sayest thou, Who touched me?

46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.

47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

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Mark 5:27-28When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.Deuteronomy 22:12Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest [thyself].Malachi 4:2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.Acts 19:12So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.Matthew 20:34So Jesus had compassion [on them], and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.Mark 6:56And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.Luke 7:38And stood at his feet behind [him] weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe [them] with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed [them] with the ointment.John 5:13And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in [that] place.Matthew 8:3And Jesus put forth [his] hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.Luke 13:13And he laid [his] hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.Exodus 15:26And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I [am] the LORD that healeth thee.Acts 5:15Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid [them] on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.