Mark 6:56

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Summary

And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

They laid

Acts 5:15

Touch

The border

General references

Matthew 9:35

Matthew 19:2

Bible References

They laid

so as to bring the feeble to the thoroughfares, and to place them on cots and mats, so that while coming, the shadow of Peter might at the least overshadow some of them.

Touch

For he healed many, so as to press upon him, so that as many as had afflictions might touch him.

when she heard about Jesus, having come in the crowd from behind, she touched his garment.

And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band, and they cast the man into the sepulcher of Elisha. And as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

And all the multitude sought to touch him, because power came forth from him, and healed them all.

But having answered, Jesus said, Allow ye as far as this. And having touched his ear, he healed him.

if we are examined today about a good deed, of a feeble man, by what this man has been healed,

The border

Speak to the sons of Israel, and bid them that they make for them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of each border a cord of blue.

Thou shall make for thee fringes upon the four borders of thy clothing, with which thou cover thyself.

And behold, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, after coming from behind, touched the edge of his garment.

having come from behind, she touched the border of his garment. And immediately the issue of her blood stayed.

General references

And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good-news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

And many multitudes followed him and he healed them there.