Matthew 14:36

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.”

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BSBPD

“and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and they besought him that they might only touch the border of his garment: and as many as touched were made whole.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and were calling on him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment, and as many as did touch were saved.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 14:36 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 28:33Make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn all the way around the lower hem, with gold bells between them,
  2. Numbers 15:38“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.
  3. Matthew 9:20Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.
  4. Matthew 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
  5. Mark 3:10For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
  6. Luke 6:19The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.
  7. John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
  8. John 7:23If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?
  9. Acts 3:16By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.
  10. Acts 4:9If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,
  11. Acts 4:14And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in response.
  12. Acts 19:11God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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