25. A woman was there who had been bleeding for twelve years.
26. She had suffered a lot under the care of many doctors, and had spent everything she had without getting any better. In fact, she had gotten worse.
27. Because she had heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothes.
28. She was thinking, If I can just touch his clothes, I’ll be healed.
29. Her bleeding stopped immediately, and she sensed in her body that her illness had been healed.