“If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured.”

There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years. She had suffered greatly at the hands of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet she was not helped but only grew worse. She had heard about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak. She said, “If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured.” Immediately her flow of blood dried up. She felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction. Jesus, aware at once that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who has touched my clothes?” But his disciples said to him, “You see how the crowd is pressing upon you, and yet you ask, Who touched me?” And he looked around to see who had done it. The woman, realizing what had happened to her, approached in fear and trembling. She fell down before Jesus and told him the whole truth. He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured of your affliction.” Mark 5:21-43

My Adaptation of the Gospel

There was a man afflicted with lack of life's direction for so many years.
He had suffered greatly at the hands of many, most had been self-inflicted,
and he had tried all that he could.
Yet he was not helped but only grew worse.
He had heard about this man named Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd
and touched his cloak.
He said, “If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured.”
Immediately his heart felt a surge of meaning.
He felt deep within him that despite all those pleasant or unpleasant experiences and memories he had, one thing became so clear to him, that he is loved.
Jesus, aware at once that love had gone out from him,
turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who has touched my clothes?”
But his disciples said to him,
“You see how the crowd is milling around you,
and yet you ask, Who touched me?” (Its fascinating how many in the crowd had physical contact with Jesus yet only one desperate man actually felt the presence of Jesus. That man in dire need and desire to be loved.)
And he looked around to see who had done it.
The man, realizing what had happened to him,
approached in fascination and great wonder.
He fell down before Jesus and told him the whole truth.
He said to him, “Son, your faith and your deep thirst for love has saved you.
Go in peace and be a cure as well to the others' affliction.”