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“And he said to her, 'Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.'” (Mark 5:34 ESV). As a father, a daddy, Jairus was in great distress. His twelve-year-old daughter, the joy of his life, was on her deathbed. Sickness had overwhelmed her body, and her body was losing the fight. As the synagogue's ruler, Jairus was a man of the community, and he had seen other families afflicted like this over the years, but now his own home was under siege. He was desperate. He knew not what to do. He had nothing to offer. It was then that he heard of Jesus. A healer, a prophet, was roaming the region. Galilee was abuzz over his works and words. Jairus sent for him. "Come to my house," he asked, "For my little girl is at the point of death. My daughter, she is dying. Please come." Jesus, pressed by the crowds, pushed through them to follow this hurting man to the epicenter of his hurt. On the way, a woman with a secret malady pressed through the throng of people to get to Jesus. She t