When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other
side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he
stayed close to the sea. One of the synagogue officials,
named Jairus, came forward. Seeing him he fell at his feet
and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, “My daughter is at
the point of death. Please, come lay your hands on her that
she may get well and live.” He went off with him, and a large
crowd followed him and pressed upon him.
There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve
years. She had suffered greatly at the hands of many doctors
and had spent all that she had. Yet she was not helped but
only grew worse. She had heard about Jesus and came up
behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak. She said,
“If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured.” Immediately
her flow of blood dried up. She felt in her body that she was
healed of her affliction. Jesus, aware at once that power had
gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked,
“Who has touched my clothes?” But his disciples said to
Jesus, “You see how the crowd is pressing upon you, and yet
you ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ” And he looked around to see
who had done it. The woman, realizing what had happened
to her, approached in fear and trembling. She fell down
before Jesus and told him the whole truth. He said to her,
“Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be
cured of your affliction.”
While he was still speaking, people from the synagogue
official’s house arrived and said, “Your daughter has died;
why trouble the teacher any longer?” Disregarding the message
that was reported, Jesus said to the synagogue official,
“Do not be afraid; just have faith.” He did not allow anyone
to accompany him inside except Peter, James, and John, the
brother of James. When they arrived at the house of the
synagogue official, he caught sight of a commotion, people
weeping and wailing loudly. So he went in and said to them,
“Why this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead
but asleep.” And they ridiculed him. Then he put them all
out. He took along the child’s father and mother and those
who were with him and entered the room where the child
was. He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha
koum,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise!” The
girl, a child of twelve, arose immediately and walked
around. At that they were utterly astounded. He gave strict
orders that no one should know this and said that she
should be given something to eat.

The Gospel of the Lord.