Mark 5: Two Interruptions

A synagogue leader is begging Jesus to come quickly; his daughter is dying. On the way, a woman who has bled for twelve years touches his cloak, and everything stops.

Jesus does not hurry her. He turns, finds her in the crowd, and lets her tell the whole truth — while a child is dying and a father is standing there.

Both are honoured. The powerful man is not moved to the front, and the unnamed woman is not treated as a delay.

If you have ever felt that your trouble was too small to bring, or that you were interrupting something more important: this chapter says otherwise.