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5:21-34 Crossing
over the sea in the ship again, to the other side, there was a great crowd assembled. He (Jesus) was by the sea. One of the synagogue chiefs, Jairus by
name, on seeing him fell at his feet.
The latter beseeched him greatly saying. “My daughter is at the point of
death. Come in order that you can
lay your hands on her and that she may be healed and live.” And He went with him. A great crowd followed and pressed upon
him. Now there was a woman who had
a blood flow constantly over twelve years. She had suffered many things from
physicians in order to be cured of this. She had spent all her money on them and
had not been improved but rather had become worse. On hearing about the things Jesus had
done, she came into the crowd behind him and touched his garment. She had said. “Even
if I touch his garments I shall be healed.” And immediately she did
this, the cause of bleeding within her was stopped. She knew that in her body she was cured
from the problem. And immediately
Jesus, knowing within himself that power had gone out from him turned in
the crowd and said. "Who
touched my garments?" And the
disciples said to him. “You see the crowd pressing upon you and you say,
“Who touched me?” And yet He
looked round to see who had done this.
And the woman fearing and trembling and knowing what had happened
to her, came and fell before him and told him the truth. And he said to her: “Daughter your faith has healed
you. Go in peace and be cured of
your problem. ”
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7:31-8:9 And going out again from the district of
Tyre, he came through Sidon
to the sea of Galilee in the midst
of the district of Decapolis.
And they brought to him a man who was deaf and speaking with
difficulty. And they besought him
that he would put his hand upon him.
And taking him away from the crowd, privately he put his fingers
into his ears and spitting, touched his tongue. And looking up to heaven he groaned and
said to the man “Ephphatha” which
means “Be thou opened.” And the
man’s ears were opened and immediately the bond of his tongue was
loosened and he spoke correctly.
And he (Jesus) ordered them to tell nobody. But as much as he ordered this, they
proclaimed all the more about it.
And they were extremely astonished, saying. "He has done all things well, both
the deaf hear and the dumb speak."
8:1 In those days there
was a great crowd which did not have anything to eat. And calling his disciples to him he
said. “I have compassion on the
crowd because now they have been with me three days and they do not have
anything to eat. And if I send
them away fasting to their homes they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from
afar.” And his disciples answered
him. “Who can feed these people in
the desert?” And he asked
them. “How many loaves do you
have?.” They said “Seven.” And he told the crowd to sit down on
the ground. And taking the seven
loaves he gave thanks. He broke
these and gave them to the disciples so that they could hand them around. And they served them to the crowd. They also had a few fish. Blessing these he (Jesus) told them to
serve them as well. And the crowd
ate and were satisfied. And when
the fragments of food were collected they filled seven baskets. Now the crowd consisted of about four
thousand people. After this He
dismissed them.
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