CHILD HEALED--TOUCH OF FAITH--TWO BLIND MEN--EATS WITH PUBLICANS, ETC.
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many
publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. And
when the Pharisees saw _it_, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth
your Master with publicans and sinners? But when Jesus heard _that_, he
said unto them,
They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are
sick. But go ye and learn what _that_ meaneth, I will have
mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the
righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the
Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said unto
them,
Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the
bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the
bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for
that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment,
and the rent is made worse. Neither do men put new wine into
old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out,
and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new
bottles, and both are preserved.
While he spake these things unto them, behold, there cometh one of the
rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell
down at Jesus' feet, and besought him greatly, that he would come into
his house; saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: _I
pray thee_ come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and
she shall live. For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age,
and she lay a dying. And Jesus arose, and followed him, and _so did_ his
disciples; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve
years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent
all that she had, and was nothing bettered, neither could be healed of
any, but rather grew worse, when she had heard of Jesus, came in the
press behind, and touched the hem of his garment: for she said within
herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. And
straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in
_her_ body that she was healed of that plague. And Jesus immediately
knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in
the press, and said.
Who touched my clothes?
When all denied, Peter, and they that were with him, said, Master, Thou
seest the multitude throng thee and press _thee_, and sayest thou, Who
touched me? And Jesus said,
Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue hath gone
out of me.
And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. And when
the woman saw that she was not hid, she came fearing and trembling,
knowing what was done in her, and falling down before him, she declared
unto him all the truth, before all the people, for what cause she had
touched him, and how she was healed immediately. And when he saw her, he
said unto her,
Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole;
go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
And the woman was made whole from that hour.
While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's _house
certain_ which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master
any further? As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith
unto the ruler of the synagogue,
Be not afraid, only believe, and she shall be made whole.
And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John
the brother of James. And when Jesus came to the house of the ruler of
the synagogue, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, and
them that wept and wailed greatly, he suffered no man to go in, save
Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.
And all wept, and bewailed her. And when he was come in, he saith unto
them,
Why make ye this ado, and weep? Give place: for the maid is
not dead, but sleepeth.
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. But when he
had put them all out, he taketh the Father and the mother of the damsel,
and them that were with him, and entered in where the damsel was lying.
And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her,
Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto
thee, Arise.
And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway, and walked: for
she was _of the age_ of twelve years. And her parents were astonished
with a great astonishment. And he charged them straitly that no man
should know it: and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying and
saying, _Thou_ Son of David, have mercy on us. And when he was come into
the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them,
Believe ye that I am able to do this?
They said unto him, Yea, Lord. Then touched he their eyes, saying,
According to your faith be it unto you.
And their eyes were opened: and Jesus straitly charged them, saying,
See _that_ no man know _it_.
But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that
country.
As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with
a devil. And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the
multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. But the
Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.