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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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