A Girl Restored and a Woman Healed

18 As He was telling them these things,(A) suddenly one of the leaders(a) came and knelt down before Him, saying, “My daughter is near death,(b) but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”(B) 19 So Jesus and His disciples got up and followed(C) him.

Footnotes:

a. Matthew 9:18: A leader of a synagogue; Mk 5:22
b. Matthew 9:18: Lit daughter has now come to the end

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