people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea. And, behold,
there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and
when he saw him, he fell at his feet, 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."

And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged
him. And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that
she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, when she had
heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. For
she said:

"If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole."

And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in
her body that she was healed of that plague. And Jesus, immediately
knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in
the press, and said:

"Who touched my clothes?"

And his disciples said unto him:

"Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, 'Who touched
me?'"

And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. But the
woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and