Mark 6:56

⁵⁴ And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him,

⁵⁵ And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.

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.

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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.

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Cross references

Matthew 9:20
And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
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Luke 6:19
And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
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Mark 3:10
For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
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Numbers 15:38–39
Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
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Mark 5:27–28
When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
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Acts 5:15
Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
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Luke 8:44
Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
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Acts 4:12
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
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