Mark 6:56
54 As soon as they got out of the boat, the people recognized Jesus
55 and ran through that whole region, carrying the sick on mats to wherever they heard He was.
And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
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 wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Wherever he entered—into villages, or into cities, or into the country—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
- ASV
- And wheresoever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, 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.
- DARBY
- And wherever he entered into villages, or cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the market-places, and besought him that they might touch if it were only the hem of his garment; and as many as touched him were healed.
- BLB
- And wherever He was entering into villages or into cities or into fields, they were laying the ailing in the marketplaces and were imploring Him that they might only touch the fringe of His garment. And as many as touched Him were saved.
- ÅB
- Og hvor han gikk inn i landsbyer eller byer eller gårder, der la de sine syke på torvene og ba ham at de måtte få røre, om det så bare var ved det ytterste av kappen hans; og alle de som rørte ved ham, ble helbredet.
- OTB
- Og hvor han enn gikk—inn i landsbyer, byer eller på landsbygda—la de de syke på torgene og ba ham om å la dem røre ved kanten av kappen hans, og alle som rørte ved den ble helbredet.
- B1930
- Og hvor han gikk inn i landsbyer eller byer eller gårder, der la de sine syke på torvene og bad ham at de måtte få røre, om det så bare var ved det ytterste av hans klædebon; og alle de som rørte ved ham, blev helbredet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 9:20
Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.
Read in contextLuke 6:19
The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.
Read in contextMark 3:10
For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
Read in contextNumbers 15:38–39
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.
Read in contextMark 5:27–28
When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.
Read in contextActs 5:15
As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
Read in contextLuke 8:44
She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
Read in contextActs 4:12
Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
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