World English Bible
Luke 8:42
“for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.”
Verse in context — Luke 8
40
It happened, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.
41
Behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus' feet, and begged him to come into his house,
42
for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.
43
A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any,
44
came behind him, and touched the fringe of his cloak, and immediately the flow of her blood stopped.
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