20. And he departed and began to publicly proclaim in Decapolis [the region of the ten cities] how much Jesus had done for him, and all the people were astonished and marveled. [Matt. 4:25.]
21. And when Jesus had recrossed in the boat to the other side, a great throng gathered about Him, and He was at the lakeshore.
22. Then one of the rulers of the synagogue came up, Jairus by name; and seeing Him, he prostrated himself at His feet
23. And begged Him earnestly, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, so that she may be healed and live.
24. And Jesus went with him; and a great crowd kept following Him and pressed Him from all sides [so as almost to suffocate Him].
25. And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years,
26. And who had endured much suffering under [the hands of] many physicians and had spent all that she had, and was no better but instead grew worse.
27. She had heard the reports concerning Jesus, and she came up behind Him in the throng and touched His garment,