The good news has been preached to us, just as it was to our people of long ago. But the message they heard didn’t do them any good, because they didn’t embrace it by faith when they heard it.
Some men brought him one of their friends who couldn’t walk and was lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Don’t be discouraged, son. Your sins are forgiven.”
The woman realized that she was going to be identified, and so, shaking with fear, she came and fell at Jesus’ feet. In front of everyone, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been healed in an instant.