40A crowd of people was there to welcome Jesus when he returned, all eagerly expecting him.
41One was a man called Jairus, a synagogue leader, who came and fell at Jesus' feet. He pleaded with Jesus to come to his home
42because his only daughter was dying. She was about twelve years old. While Jesus was on his way there, people were crowding around him.
43In the crowd was a woman who had suffered with bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all she had on doctors, but none of them had been able to help her.
44She approached Jesus from behind and touched the hem of his cloak. Immediately the bleeding stopped.
45“Who touched me?” Jesus asked. Everybody around denied doing so. “But Master,” said Peter, “there are people crowding around you, and they keep pushing up against you.”
46“Someone touched me,” Jesus replied. “I know because power went out from me.”
47When the woman realized she couldn't go unnoticed, she came forward, trembling, and fell down before him. Right in front of everybody she explained the reason why she had touched Jesus, and that she'd been cured immediately.
48Jesus said to her, “Daughter, your trust has healed you, go in peace.”
49While he was still speaking, someone came from the home of the synagogue leader to tell him, “Your daughter's dead. You don't need to bother the Teacher any longer.”