Monday, August 31

²¹When Jesus had crossed again in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he was by the sea. ²²Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came up, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. ²³He asked him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live.” ²⁴Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him.

²⁵Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for 12 years. ²⁶She had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet instead of getting better, she grew worse. ²⁷When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, ²⁸for she kept saying, “If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed.” ²⁹At once the bleeding stopped, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. ³⁰Jesus knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?” ³¹His disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing against you and you say, ‘Who touched me?’” ³²But he looked around to see who had done it. ³³Then the woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. ³⁴He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”

³⁵While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house saying, “Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?” ³⁶But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue leader, “Do not be afraid; just believe.” ³⁷He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. ³⁸They came to the house of the synagogue leader where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly. ³⁹When he entered he said to them, “Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep!” ⁴⁰And they began making fun of him. But he forced them all outside, and he took the child’s father and mother and his own companions and went into the room where the child was. ⁴¹Then, gently taking the child by the hand, he said to her, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up.” ⁴²The girl got up at once and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). They were completely astonished at this. ⁴³He strictly ordered that no one should know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.

¹Now Jesus left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. ²When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did he get these ideas? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands? ³Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” And so they took offense at him. ⁴Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house.” ⁵He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. ⁶And he was amazed because of their unbelief. Then he went around among the villages and taught.