Luke 8:41-54

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.”

⁵⁰But when he heard this, Jesus told Jairus, “Don't be afraid. If you trust, she will be healed.”

⁵¹When Jesus arrived at the house he didn't allow anyone else to go in except Peter, John, and James, and the girl's father and mother.

⁵²All the people there were crying and mourning for her. “Don't cry,” Jesus told them. “She's not dead, she's just sleeping.”

⁵³They laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead.

⁵⁴But Jesus took her by the hand, and said in a loud voice, “My child, get up!”