Mark 5:23

21 When Jesus had again crossed by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him beside the sea.

22 A synagogue leader named Jairus arrived, and seeing Jesus, he fell at His feet

and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”

24 So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around Him.

25 And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”
KJV
And besought him greatly, 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.
WEB
and begged him much, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live.”
ASV
and beseecheth him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death: [I pray thee], that thou come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be made whole, and live.
DARBY
and he besought him much, saying, My little daughter is at extremity; [I pray] that thou shouldest come and lay thy hands upon her so that she may be healed, and may live.
BLB
and he implores Him much, saying, “My little daughter is holding at the end, so that, having come, You might lay the hands on her, so that she might be saved, and she might live.”
ÅB
og han ba ham meget og sa: Min datter ligger på det siste; kom og legg dine hender på henne, så hun må bli frelst og leve!
OTB
Han ba Ham innstendig: «Min lille datter er ved livets ende. Vær så snill å komme og legg dine hender på henne så hun kan bli helbredet og leve.»
B1930
og han bad ham meget og sa: Min datter ligger på det siste; kom og legg dine hender på henne, så hun må bli frelst og leve!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 13:13

    Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.

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  • Mark 16:18

    they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”

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  • Luke 4:40

    At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.

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  • Acts 28:8

    The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.

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  • Mark 7:32

    Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.

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  • Mark 8:23

    So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.

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  • 2 Kings 5:11

    But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.

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  • Mark 9:21–22

    Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been with him?” “From childhood,” he said.

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