Luke - 8:43



43 A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any,

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And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any,
And there was a certain woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had bestowed all her substance on physicians, and could not be healed by any.
And a woman who had a flux of blood since twelve years, who, having spent all her living on physicians, could not be cured by any one,
and a woman, having an issue of blood for twelve years, who, having spent on physicians all her living, was not able to be healed by any,
And a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage - and had spent on doctors all she had, but none of them had been able to cure her -
And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had given all her money to medical men, and not one of them was able to make her well,
And there was a certain woman, with a flow of blood for twelve years, who had paid out all her substance on physicians, and she was unable to be cured by any of them.
And a woman, who had suffered from hemorrhage for twelve years, and whom no one could cure,

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Spent all her living upon physicians - See the note on Mark 5:26.

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her (n) living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
(n) All that she had to live upon.

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years,.... The Persic version reads, "there was a woman in that city", &c. in the city of Capernaum; See Gill on Matthew 9:20.
Which had spent all her living upon physicians; she had applied to one physician and another, and had consumed all her substance in this way:
neither could be healed of any; though she had followed the directions and prescriptions of many, who pretended they were able to cure her; See Gill on Mark 5:26.

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