5.       (To have Direction) Value personal contact

 

5:21-34

Other side of sea

If I touch even his garments

7:31-8:9

Sea of Galilee, Decapolis
- spitting he touched the tongue

 

 

5:21 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side (of sea) , a great crowd gathered about him; and he was beside the sea. 22 then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and seeing him, he fell at his feet, 23 and besought him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live." 24 And he went with him. And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. 25 And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26 and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. 27 She had heard the reports about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. 28 For she said, If I touch even his garments, I shall be made well." 29 And immediately the hemorrhage ceased; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 30 And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him, immediately turned about in the crowd, and said, "Who touched my garments?" 31 And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, 'Who touched me?" 32 And he looked around to see who had done it. 33 But the woman, knowing what had been done to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. 34 And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace and be healed of your disease."

7:31 And again going forth out of the district of Tyre he came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee in the midst of the district of Decapolis. 32 and they bring to him a man deaf and speaking with difficulty, and they beseech him that he would put on him the hand. 33 and taking away him from the crowd privately he put the fingers of him into the ears of him and spitting he touched the tongue of him. 34 And looking up to heaven he groaned and says to them: Ephphatha, which is Be thou opened. 35 And were opened of him the ears, and immediately was loosened the bond of the tongue of him and he spoke correctly. 36 and he ordered them that no one they should tell; but as much as them he ordered, they more exceedingly proclaimed. 37 and most exceedingly they were astounded saying; Well all things he has done, both the deaf he makes to hear and dumb to speak.

(Note: in 8:1-9 a separate incident recorded but no separate journey given)

Ch 8 In those days again a great crowd being and not having anything they might eat selling to him the disciples he says to them. 2 I have compassion on the crowd, because now days three they remain with me and not they have anything they may eat: 3 and if I dismiss them fasting to house of them, they will faint in the way; and some of them from afar are. 4 And answered him the disciples of him, Whence these people will be able anyone here to satisfy of (with) loaves on a desert? And he asked them: How many have ye loaves? And they said: Seven. 6 and he commands the crowd to recline on the ground: and taking the seven loaves giving thanks he broke and gave to the disciples of him that they might serve, and they served the crowd. 7 And they had fishes a few; and blessing them he told also these to be served. 8 and they ate and were satisfied, and took excesses of fragments, seven baskets. 9 Now they were about four thousand. And he dismissed them."