Matthew 9:18

Parents and children Faith Death and loss Prayer

¹⁶ No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.

¹⁷ Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”

¹⁹ So Jesus got up and went with him, along with His disciples.

²⁰ Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.

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: While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
KJV: While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
WEB: While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
ASV: While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
DARBY: As he spoke these things to them, behold, a ruler coming in did homage to him, saying, My daughter has by this died; but come and lay thy hand upon her and she shall live.
BLB: [In] His speaking these things to them, behold, one ruler, having come, was kneeling down to Him, saying, “My daughter just now died, but having come, lay Your hand upon her, and she will live.”

ÅB: Mens Jesus sa dette til dem kom en synagogeforstander og falt ned for ham og sa: «Datteren min er nettopp død; men kom og legg hånden din på henne, så skal hun leve.»
OTB: Mens han talte, kom en synagogeforstander og knelte for ham og sa: "Min datter er nettopp død. Men kom og legg hånden din på henne, så vil hun leve."
B1930: Mens han talte dette til dem, se, da kom en synagoge-forstander og falt ned for ham og sa: Min datter er nettop død; men kom og legg din hånd på henne, så vil hun leve.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 8:41–56
Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,
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Mark 5:22–43
A synagogue leader named Jairus arrived, and seeing Jesus, he fell at His feet
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Matthew 8:2
Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
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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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Luke 13:14
But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
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Matthew 9:24
“Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.
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John 11:21–22
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
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John 11:32
When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
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