Matthew 9:21

For she kept saying to herself, ¹  “If only I touch his cloak, I will be healed.” ² 

She said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed."

for she was saying to herself, "If I only touch His garment, I will get well."

for she thought, "If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed."

She was thinking to herself, "If I can just put a finger on his robe, I'll get well." Jesus turned--caught her at it. Then he reassured her: "Courage, daughter. You took a risk of faith, and now you're well."

Because, she said to herself, if I may but put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.

for she said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be made well."

For she said to herself, "If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well."

For she kept saying to herself, ¹  “If only I touch his cloak, I will be healed.” ² 

¹ tn The imperfect verb is here taken iteratively, for the context suggests that the woman was trying to find the courage to touch Jesus’ cloak.

² tn Grk “saved.”

sn In this pericope the author uses a term for being healed (Grk “saved”) that would have spiritual significance to his readers. It may be a double entendre (cf. parallel in Mark 5:28 which uses the same term), since elsewhere he uses verbs that simply mean “heal”: If only the reader would “touch” Jesus, he too would be “saved.”