On the way to the ruler's house, Jesus had met, in the crowd, a poor woman who for twelve years had suffered from a disease that made her life a burden. She had spent all her means upon physicians and remedies, only to be pronounced incurable. But her hopes revived when she heard of the cures that Christ performed. She felt assured that if she could only go to Him she would be healed. In weakness and suffering she came to the seaside where He was teaching, and tried to press through the crowd, but in vain. Again she followed Him from the house of Levi-Matthew, but was still unable to reach Him. She had begun to despair, when, in making His way through the multitude, He came near where she was.

På vejen til forstanderens hus havde Jesus i skaren truffet en stakkels kvinde, som i tolv år havde lidt af en sygdom, der gjorde livet til en byrde for hende. Hun havde brugt alt, hvad hun ejede, til læger og helbredelsesmidler, men kun for at blive erklæret for uhelbredelig. Men hun fattede atter håb, da hun hørte om de helbredelser, Kristus udførte. Hun følte sig overbevist om, at hvis hun blot kunne komme til ham, ville hun blive helbredt. Svag og lidende var hun kommet til søens bred, hvor han lærte, og prøvede at trænge sig frem gennem mængden, men forgæves. Atter var hun fulgt efter ham fra LeviMattæus hus, men stadig var hun ude af stand til at nå ham. Hun var lige ved at fortvivle, da han, idet han banede sig vej gennem skaren, kom hen i nærheden af det sted, hvor hun var.