One was a man called Jairus, a synagogue leader, who came and fell at Jesus' feet. He pleaded with Jesus to come to his home because his only daughter was dying. She was about twelve years old.
While Jesus was on his way there, people were crowding around him. In the crowd was a woman who had suffered with bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all she had on doctors, but none of them had been able to help her. She approached Jesus from behind and touched the hem of his cloak. Immediately the bleeding stopped.
“Who touched me?” Jesus asked. Everybody around denied doing so.
“But Master,” said Peter, “there are people crowding around you, and they keep pushing up against you.”
“Someone touched me,” Jesus replied. “I know because power went out from me.”
When the woman realized she couldn't go unnoticed, she came forward, trembling, and fell down before him. Right in front of everybody she explained the reason why she had touched Jesus, and that she'd been cured immediately.
Jesus said to her, “Daughter, your trust has healed you, go in peace.”
While he was still speaking, someone came from the home of the synagogue leader to tell him, “Your daughter's dead. You don't need to bother the Teacher any longer.”
But when he heard this, Jesus told Jairus, “Don't be afraid. If you trust, she will be healed.”
When Jesus arrived at the house he didn't allow anyone else to go in except Peter, John, and James, and the girl's father and mother. All the people there were crying and mourning for her.
“Don't cry,” Jesus told them. “She's not dead, she's just sleeping.” They laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead. But Jesus took her by the hand, and said in a loud voice, “My child, get up!”
She came back to life, and she got up at once. Jesus told them to give her something to eat. Her parents were astonished at what had happened, but Jesus instructed them not to tell anyone about it.
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