Mark 5:23
And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
Cross-reference
In Mark 6:5, Jesus could not do miracles due to unbelief—contrasts with Jairus's faith that brought healing to his daughter.
In Mark 6:6, Jesus marvels at unbelief—contrasts with Jairus's believing plea, highlighting faith's role in healing.
In Mark 7:25-27, the Syrophoenician woman also begs for her daughter's healing, but Jesus tests her faith before granting it.
In Mark 9:22, the father recounts the boy's life-threatening seizures — both parents face the imminent death of their child.
Mark 16:18 explicitly describes believers laying hands on the sick for recovery — the same practice Jairus asks Jesus to perform on his daughter.
Matthew 8:3 records Jesus healing a leper by touch — the same method of laying on hands that Jairus seeks for his daughter.
Acts 28:8 shows Paul laying hands on Publius' father to heal him — continuing the apostolic practice of healing by laying on hands.
Luke 4:40 describes Jesus laying hands on all the sick and healing them — directly echoing the healing action Jairus requests.
In Luke 7:2, a centurion's servant is near death—mirrors Jairus's crisis: a beloved one dying, prompting a plea to Jesus.
In Luke 7:3, the centurion begs Jesus to come heal his servant—direct parallel to Jairus's request for Jesus to lay hands on his daughter.
In John 11:3, Mary and Martha send for Jesus because Lazarus is sick—similar urgent plea for healing of a loved one, though Lazarus dies.
Luke 13:13 shows Jesus laying hands on a crippled woman to heal her — the same gesture Jairus asks for his dying daughter.
In John 4:47, the official begs Jesus to come heal his dying son—identical pattern to Jairus's plea for his daughter.
Matthew 9:18 gives the parallel version where Jairus says his daughter has already died, deepening the urgency and Jesus' power over death.
John 4:49 records a royal official pleading 'Come down before my child dies' — a nearly identical urgent plea for a dying child.
Luke 8:41 is the parallel account where Jairus also falls at Jesus' feet pleading for his dying daughter.
In Luke 4:38, Jesus heals Simon's mother-in-law after a plea—similar urgent family healing, though not a child at death's door.
James 5:15 teaches that the prayer of faith will save the sick — Jairus similarly trusts that Jesus' touch will save his daughter, connecting faith and healing.