Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
While he spake these things unto them, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him greatly, that he would come into his house; saying, My little
daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, neither could be healed of any, but rather grew worse, when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched the hem of his garment: for she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. And Jesus immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said.
Who touched my clothes?
When all denied, Peter, and they that were with him, said, Master, Thou seest the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? And Jesus said,
Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue hath gone out of me.
And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. And when the woman saw that
she was not hid, she came fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, and falling down before him, she declared unto him all the truth, before all the people, for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. And when he saw her, he said unto her,
Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.