by the lake . ²² Then one of the syn a gogue lead ers , named Ja i rus , came , and when he saw Jesus , he fell at his feet . ²³ He pleaded ear nest ly with him , “ My lit tle daugh ter is dy ing . Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live .”

24 So Jesus went with him .

A large crowd fol lowed and pressed around him . ²⁵ And a wom an was there who had been sub ject to bleed ing for twelve years . ²⁶ She had suf fered a great

child ’ s fa ther and moth er and the dis ci ples who were with him , and went in where the child was . ⁴¹ He took her by the hand and said to her , “ Tal i tha koum !” ( which means “ Lit tle girl , I say to you , get up !”). ⁴² Imme di ate ly the girl stood up and be gan to walk around ( she was twelve years old ). At this they were com plete ly as ton ished .

43 He gave strict or ders not to let any one

know about this , and told them to give her some thing to eat .

deal un der the care of many doc tors and

had spent all she had , yet in stead of getting bet ter she grew worse . ²⁷ When she heard about Jesus , she came up be hind him in the crowd and touched his cloak ,

28 be cause she thought , “ If I just touch his

clothes , I will be healed .” ²⁹ Im me di ate ly her bleed ing stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suf fering .

30 At once Jesus re al ized that pow er had gone out from him . He turned around in the crowd and asked , “ Who touched my clothes ?”

31 “ You see the peo ple crowd ing against you ,” his dis ci ples an swered , “ and yet you can ask , ‘ Who touched me ?’ ”

32 But Jesus kept look ing around to

see who had done it . ³³ Then the wom an , know ing what had hap pened to her , came and fell at his feet and , trem bling with fear , told him the whole truth . ³⁴ He said to her , “ Daugh ter , your faith has healed you . Go in peace and be freed from your suf fer ing .”

35 While Jesus was still speak ing , some peo ple came from the house of Ja i rus , the syn a gogue lead er . “ Your daugh ter is dead ,” they said . “ Why both er the teach er any more ?”

36 Over hear ing ^a what they said , Jesus told him , “ Don ’ t be afraid ; just be lieve .”

37 He did not let any one fol low him except Pe ter , James and John the broth er of

James . ³⁸ When they came to the home of the syn a gogue lead er , Jesus saw a com motion , with peo ple cry ing and wail ing loudly . ³⁹ He went in and said to them , “ Why all this com mo tion and wail ing ? The child is not dead but asleep .” ⁴⁰ But they laughed at him .

A Prophet Without Honor

“ Where did this man get these things ?” they asked . “ What ’ s this wis dom that has been giv en him ? What are these re markable mir a cles he is per form ing ? ³ Isn ’ t this the car pen ter ? Isn ’ t this Mary ’ s son and the broth er of James , Jo seph , ^b Ju das and

Si mon ? Aren ’ t his sis ters here with us ?”

And they took of fense at him .

4 Jesus said to them , “ A proph et is not with out hon or ex cept in his own town , among his rel a tives and in his own home .”

5 He could not do any mir a cles there , except lay his hands on a few sick peo ple and heal them . ⁶ He was amazed at their lack of faith .

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

Then Jesus went around teach ing from vil lage to vil lage . ⁷ Call ing the Twelve to him , he be gan to send them out two by two and gave them au thor i ty over im pure spir its .

8 These were his in struc tions : “ Take noth ing for the jour ney ex cept a staff — no bread , no bag , no mon ey in your belts .

9 Wear san dals but not an ex tra shirt .

10 When ev er you en ter a house , stay there un til you leave that town . ¹¹ And if any place will not wel come you or lis ten to you , leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a tes ti mo ny against them .”

12 They went out and preached that people should re pent . ¹³ They drove out many

Af ter he put them all out , he took the

a 36 Or Ignoring

b 3 Greek Joses , a variant of Joseph