Mark 6:56
And wherever He entered—villages, towns, or countryside—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him to let them touch even the edge of His cloak. And all who touched it were healed.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And wherever he entered, into villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the streets, and begged him that they might touch even the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
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King James Version with Strong's Numbers
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Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
And whyther soever he entred into tounes cities or villages they layde their sicke in the stretes and prayed him that they myght touche and it were but the edge of his vesture. And as many as touched him were safe.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whither so euer he entred in to townes, cities or vyllagies, there layed they the sicke in the market place, and prayed him, that they might but touch the hemme of his garment. And as many as touched him, were made whole.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And whithersoeuer he entred into townes, or cities, or villages, they laide their sicke in the streetes, and prayed him that they might touch at the least the edge of his garment; as many as touched him, were made whole.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And whethersoeuer he entred, into townes, cities, or villages, they layde the sicke folkes in the streates, & prayed him that they myght touche and it were but the hemme of his garment: And as many as touched it, were made whole.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and wherever he was going, to villages, or cities, or fields, in the market-places they were laying the infirm, and were calling upon him, that they may touch if it were but the fringe of his garment, and as many as were touching him were saved.
American Standard Version (1901)
And wheresoever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
American Standard Version (1901)
And wheresoever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And wherever he went, into small towns, or great towns, or into the country, they took those who were ill into the market-places, requesting him that they might put their hands even on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.
World English Bible (2000)
Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
And wherever he would go– into villages, towns, or countryside– they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
Referenced Verses
- Matt 9:20 : 20 Just then, a woman who had been suffering from bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.
- Mark 3:10 : 10 For He had healed many, so those with illnesses were pressing forward to touch Him.
- Num 15:38-39 : 38 Speak to the Israelites and tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments for all their generations, and to put a blue cord on each tassel. 39 These tassels will serve as a reminder. When you see them, you will remember all the commandments of the Lord and obey them. You will not follow the desires of your own heart and eyes, which lead you astray.
- Luke 6:19 : 19 The whole crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming out of Him and healing them all.
- Acts 5:15 : 15 As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
- Luke 8:44 : 44 came up behind Him and touched the edge of His cloak. Immediately, her bleeding stopped.
- Luke 22:51 : 51 But Jesus responded, "No more of this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him.
- Acts 4:9 : 9 'If we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a sick man—how this man was healed—'
- Acts 4:12 : 12 'And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among humanity by which we must be saved.'
- Deut 22:12 : 12 Make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
- 2 Kgs 13:21 : 21 Once, while some Israelites were burying a man, they suddenly saw a band of raiders. So they threw the man's body into Elisha's tomb. When the body touched Elisha's bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet.
- Mark 5:27-28 : 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind Him in the crowd and touched His cloak. 28 For she thought, 'If I just touch His clothes, I will be healed.'
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54 As they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized Jesus.
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19 The whole crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming out of Him and healing them all.
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10 For He had healed many, so those with illnesses were pressing forward to touch Him.
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27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind Him in the crowd and touched His cloak.
28 For she thought, 'If I just touch His clothes, I will be healed.'
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2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
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6 So they went out, traveling through the villages, preaching the good news and healing people everywhere.
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15 But the news about Him spread even more, and large crowds came together to hear Him and to be healed of their illnesses.
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2 A large crowd was following him because they were seeing the signs he was performing on those who were sick.
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37 And the news about Him spread to every place in the surrounding region.
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