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

biblegateway Mat 9:21

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

for she said to herself, "If I can just touch His robe, I'll be made well!"

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

biblegateway Mat 9:21

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

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

bibleoremus Mat 9:21

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

for she said to herself, “If I can only touch his cloak, I shall be healed.”

biblegateway Mat 9:21

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

For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.

biblegateway Mat 9:21

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.”

² 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.”