WHO TOUCHED ME?

Mark 5:21-34 / Keywords 5:34

He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."

 5:21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. 22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23 He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him.

A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.

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.”

1. Jairus' plea (21-24a)

Jairus was a synagogue ruler. He was rich and influential. But his precious daughter was dying. His wealth could not help her. He abandoned his pride and came and fell at Jesus' feet. Jesus never refuses a humble plea for mercy.

 

2. A nameless woman (24b-29)

The woman who came to Jesus was poor and sick. She was ceremonially unclean. No one could help her. In her desperation, she came to Jesus. She believed that if she could but touch his cloak, she could be healed--and she was!

 

3. Who touched me? (30-34)

Jesus was in a hurry. But he took time to meet this woman. She needed to confess God's grace in her life. She needed to meet Jesus personally. She needed his word of love and blessing.

 

Prayer Lord, thank you for accepting me when I come to you just as I am. Thank you for your grace in my life.

One Word Go in peace and be free