Matthew 14:36 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁶ They begged Him that they might only touch the edge of His robe. And all those who got to touch it were made well.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁶ and besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁶ And begged Him to let them merely touch the fringe of His garment; and as many as touched it were perfectly restored. [Matt. 9:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁶ and they besought him that they might only touch the border of his garment: and as many as touched were made whole.

Common English Bible

³⁶ Then they begged him that they might just touch the edge of his clothes. Everyone who touched him was cured.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁶ And they petitioned him, so that they might touch even the hem of his garment. And as many as touched it were made whole.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁶ And they besought him that they might touch but the hem of his garment. And as many as touched, were made whole.

Matthew 14:36 Cross References

Matthew 14:35

When the people there recognized Jesus, they sent to all the surrounding regions and had all who were sick brought to Him.

Matthew 23:5

But they do all their deeds just to be seen by people. They wear elaborate Scripture texts displayed on their clothing and enlarge [conspicuously] the fringes of their robes.

Mark 3:10

For He had healed so many people that large numbers of them who were plagued with serious illnesses were crowding around Him in hope of getting to touch Him.

Mark 6:56

And wherever He entered towns, cities or the countryside, they placed sick people at the open shopping markets and begged Him to allow them to touch even the edge of His robe. And all those who touched Him were made well.

Mark 8:22

And when they came to Bethsaida some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged Him to touch him [i.e., for healing].

Luke 6:19

Then the whole crowd tried to touch Him because [supernatural] power was coming from His body, and He healed all of them.

John 6:37

Every person [Note: The Greek says, “every thing”] whom the Father gives me will [eventually] come to me [i.e., for salvation]; and I will never turn away that person who comes to me.

John 7:23

If a person is circumcised on a Sabbath day so that the Law of Moses can be observed [properly, then why] are you upset with me for restoring a person to complete health on a Sabbath day?

Acts 3:16

And by [means of] the name [of Jesus], that is, by faith in the [power of His] name, this [crippled] man, whom you now see and know, was healed. Yes, it is the faith that comes through Jesus that is responsible for this man’s perfect health, as you now all see.