25. A woman was there who had a sickness that made her bleed. It had lasted for 12 years.
26. She had suffered a great deal, even though she had gone to many doctors. She had spent all the money she had. But she was getting worse, not better.
27. Then she heard about Jesus. She came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothes.
28. She thought, "I just need to touch his clothes. Then I will be healed."
29. Right away her bleeding stopped. She felt in her body that her suffering was over.
30. At once Jesus knew that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd. He asked, "Who touched my clothes?"
31. "You see the people," his disciples answered. "They are crowding against you. And you still ask, 'Who touched me?' "