The initiative here belongs entirely to the woman. From first hearing about him from afar, she slowly but surely closes the gap between them and, touching him, triggers a flow of power from Jesus that is beyond Jesus’ control, intention or even awareness. She is healed before Jesus is even conscious of her presence. When, finally, he says, ‘Your faith has made you well’, he is simply naming what has already happened - responding to ‘the whole truth’ that she has told him. What was this woman’s ‘whole truth’ which she told Jesus? 

A talk for The Fourth Sunday after Trinity , 20 June 2021.

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