Luke 8:44First Nations VersionShe came up close behind him, reached out her hand, and touched the fringe of his outfit, and right away the blood stopped flowing. Creator Sets Free (Jesus) stopped, turned, and looked around the crowd. See the chapter |
“I want to!” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) said as he reached out and touched the man. Tribal law says that anyone who touches anything unclean would also be unclean and in need of cleansing. But Creator Sets Free (Jesus), instead of becoming unclean himself, cleansed the man with his touch. “Be clean!” he said, and right away the disease left the man and he was healed.
There was a woman following with the crowd who had been bleeding in an unusual way for more than twelve winters. This would have made her ceremonially unclean and untouchable according to tribal law. She came up close behind Creator Sets Free (Jesus), reached out her hand, and touched the fringe of his outer garment.
There was a woman in the crowd who had been bleeding in an unusual way for more than twelve winters. Under tribal law this woman would be considered unclean. She was also required to warn people nearby of her condition by saying out loud, “Unclean! Unclean!” Instead, she pushed her way through the crowd to get to the Wisdomkeeper. She spent all she had on medicine men who were not able to heal her.