ples, "Let us cross to the other
side." So, leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just
as he was; and there were other boats with his. A heavy wind-storm arose
and the waves began to break into the boat so that it was filling; but
Jesus was in the stern asleep on the cushion. So they woke him and said
to him, "Master, is it nothing to you that we are lost?" And he awoke
and reproved the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" And
immediately the wind ceased and the sea was calm; and he said to them,
"Why are you afraid? Why do you not have faith?" But they were filled
with wonder and said to one another, "Who then is he, that even the wind
and the sea obey him?"

JESUS HEALS A LITTLE GIRL

When Jesus again crossed the Sea of Galilee in a boat to the other side,
a large crowd had gathered to meet him; so he stayed beside the sea. One
of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came up, and, on seeing
Jesus, fell at his feet and earnestly begged him, saying, "My little
daughter is dying; come, I beg of you, and place your hands on her that
she may be cured and live." So Jesus went with him, and a great crowd
followed and pressed about him.

In the crowd was a woman who had suffered from hemorrhage for twelve
years and had been treated by many physicians, spending all that she
had, yet was none the better, but rather had grown worse. Having heard
about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his robe,
for she said to herself, "If I can but touch his garments, I shall be
cured."

[Illustration: _Raising the Daughter of Jairus_

Painted by Leon Gerome]

Immediately the hemorrhage stopped, and she knew that she was cured of
her disease. Jesus, knowing at once that healing power had gone from
him, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my garments?" His
disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet
do you ask, 'Who touched me?'" But still he looked for her who had
done this, until the woman, frightened and trembling, knowing what had
happened to her, came forward and fell down before him and told him the
truth. He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has cured you. Go and live
in peace, and be healed of your disease."

While Jesus was still speaking, messengers came from the house of the
ruler of the synagogue, saying, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the
Master further?" But Jesus, overhearing the message, said to the ruler
of the synago