43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

Other Translations of Luke 8:43

New International Version

43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years,Many manuscripts "years, and she had spent all she had on doctors" but no one could heal her.

English Standard Version

43 And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians,Some manuscripts omit and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone.

The Message

43 In the crowd that day there was a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with hemorrhages. She had spent every penny she had on doctors but not one had been able to help her.

New King James Version

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

New Living Translation

43 A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding, and she could find no cure.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 8:43

Commentary on Luke 8:41-56

(Read Luke 8:41-56)

Let us not complain of a crowd, and a throng, and a hurry, as long as we are in the way of our duty, and doing good; but otherwise every wise man will keep himself out of it as much as he can. And many a poor soul is healed, and helped, and saved by Christ, that is hidden in a crowd, and nobody notices it. This woman came trembling, yet her faith saved her. There may be trembling, where yet there is saving faith. Observe Christ's comfortable words to Jairus, Fear not, believe only, and thy daughter shall be made whole. No less hard was it not to grieve for the loss of an only child, than not to fear the continuance of that grief. But in perfect faith there is no fear; the more we fear, the less we believe. The hand of Christ's grace goes with the calls of his word, to make them effectual. Christ commanded to give her meat. As babes new born, so those newly raised from sin, desire spiritual food, that they may grow thereby.