UBF Daily Bread

DAUGHTER, YOUR FAITH HAS HEALED YOU

Passage: Luke 8:40~48

Key verse: 48

Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman^(A)

⁴⁰Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. ⁴¹Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader,^(B) came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house ⁴²because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.

As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. ⁴³And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding^(C) for twelve years,^[a] but no one could heal her. ⁴⁴She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak,^(D) and immediately her bleeding stopped.

⁴⁵“Who touched me?” Jesus asked.

When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master,^(E) the people are crowding and pressing against you.”

⁴⁶But Jesus said, “Someone touched me;^(F) I know that power has gone out from me.”^(G)

⁴⁷Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. ⁴⁸Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you.^(H) Go in peace.”^(I)

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Footnotes

Luke 8:43 Many manuscripts years, and she had spent all she had on doctors

Cross references

Luke 8:40 : 8:40-56pp — Mt 9:18-26; Mk 5:22-43
Luke 8:41 : ver 49; S Mk 5:22
Luke 8:43 : Lev 15:25-30
Luke 8:44 : S Mt 9:20
Luke 8:45 : S Lk 5:5
Luke 8:46 : Mt 14:36; Mk 3:10
Luke 8:46 : Lk 5:17; 6:19
Luke 8:48 : S Mt 9:22
Luke 8:48 : S Ac 15:33

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While Jesus was on his way to heal Jairus’s daughter, a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came and touched the edge of Jesus’ cloak and was immediately cured. When Jesus asked who had touched him, she came forward trembling at his feet. She may have felt unworthy, or guilty for touching Jesus while ceremonially unclean. Instead of rebuking or judging her, Jesus said, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”

Jesus didn’t need to put her on the spot, but he wanted to show that, more than just a physical healer, he desires the intimacy of relationship. Like Jairus cared for her one and only daughter, Jesus loved the woman as his daughter. God loves each person very intimately as a loving father or mother. May we have the faith to approach and have such a beautiful relationship with our heavenly father and find restoration for our soul.

Prayer: Father, thank you for your love for me. May I grow in a deeper relationship with you and find healing and restoration.

One Word: A Father’s love.