“But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.”
Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well. And instantly the woman was made well. The take heart and daughter that Jesus addresses to the woman echo the take heart, my son of verse 2. Both are terms of assurance and relationship — Jesus includes both the paralytic and the hemorrhaging woman in the family of those he heals and encourages. Your faith has made you well — the same formula that will appear in other healings (Matthew 15:28; Luke 17:19). The faith did not magically produce the healing; it oriented her toward the one who healed. The healing is from Jesus; the faith is what brought her to him and reached out to touch him.
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