Rachel Workman: 30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He
turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
31 “You
see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can
ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”
32 But
Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the
woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and,
trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her,
“Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your
suffering.” I have to believe that Jesus already knew who had touched him.
He asked that question to give the woman the opportunity to tell him. I think
he also wanted to extend his love and mercy to her verbally. He told her to go
in peace and be freed from her suffering. I can imagine Jesus saying those
exact same things to me. It's his desire for all of us.
35 While
Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the
synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher
anymore?”
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John Burnett:
30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He
turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his
disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”
32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had
done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to
her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole
truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has
healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
35 While Jesus was still speaking, some people came
from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,”
they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?”
Just as her faith healed her, so does our faith heal us from our sin
condition. We are saved from our sins by grace alone, through faith
alone, in Jesus Christ alone. We have a lot to be thankful for.
With all the craziness going on in the world, I can’t help but
believe our Lord will be returning for us soon.
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Monday's reading for Mark 5:36-43
37 He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. 38 When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. 39 He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” 40 But they laughed at him.
After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41 He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). 42 Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. 43 He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.
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