The Turker’s Gospel

The Bible According To Mechanical Turk Workers

Mark 5:21-30

Mark 5:21 - Having crossed the sea over to the other shore, Jesus was encompassed by all the people that waited to come to him, and so he remained on the sea.

Mark 5:22 - Jairus, one of the leaders of the synagogue came in and saw him and knelt before him,

Mark 5:23 - And he implored him, My young daughter is at the point of death; I beg you to come and lay hands on her and heal her so that she will survive.

Mark 5:24 - Jesus went with the man and many people followed and crowded him.

Mark 5:25 - And one particular woman, who had had a blood hemorrhage for twelve years,

Mark 5:26 - And the doctors made her suffer and took all her money but her health didn’t improve and in fact, it grew worse.

Mark 5:27 - After hearing about Jesus she pushed her way through the crowd behind him and touched his clothes.

Mark 5:28 - She then told him, if I can touch your clothes I will be made whole.

Mark 5:29 - Immediately her flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she had been healed.

Mark 5:30 - And Jesus, at that very moment realizing that his power had left him, turned around to the crowd of people and asked, Who touched my clothes?