18While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live." 19And Jesus rose and followed him, with his disciples. 20And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, 21for she said to herself, "If I only touch his garment, I will be made well." 22Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, "Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well." And instantly the woman was made well.
Malachi 4:2 has this messianic passage- "But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings." In Hebrew, wings also meant the edges of a cloak. Thus, the lady both knew her scripture and knew that she had the Messiah at hand.
We can have some good food fights over exactly what Jesus meant by "your faith has made you well," but the woman was rewarded for her faith. There are rewards for our faith, too; not all of those rewards are temporal, but God will reward the faithful.
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