Mark 6:56
And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
Cross-references
Mark 3:10 describes crowds pressing to touch Jesus—identical motif of seeking healing through touch.
Mark 5:27 recounts the woman touching Jesus' cloak—the specific act that the summary here generalizes.
Mark 5:28 reveals her faith: 'If I touch his clothes I will be healed'—the belief behind the touches in Mark 6:56.
In Mark 8:22, people bring a blind man to Jesus, echoing the same custom of bringing the sick for healing as in this summary.
Numbers 15:38 commands Israelites to wear tassels on garment corners — the very fringe people touched on Jesus' cloak for healing.
Deuteronomy 22:12 commands tassels on four corners of the cloak — the same fringe touched for healing in Mark 6:56.
2 Kings 13:21 tells of a dead man revived by touching Elisha's bones—OT prefiguring of healing through contact with a holy person's belongings.
Matthew 9:20 is a specific instance of a woman healed by touching Jesus' garment fringe — exactly the kind of healing described here.
Luke 6:19 says people tried to touch Jesus because power healed them—identical summary of the healing through touch.
Luke 8:44 recounts the same woman touching Jesus' garment fringe for healing — a specific example of the general healings here.
Acts 5:15 has people seeking healing through Peter's shadow—same idea of indirect contact healing as touching Jesus' cloak.
In Matthew 19:2, crowds follow Jesus and he heals them, mirroring the same pattern of widespread healing ministry seen here.
In Luke 4:40, people bring all their sick at sunset, a very similar scene of mass healing that parallels this verse.
Numbers 15:39 explains the tassels' purpose as reminders of God's commands — adding significance to why Jesus wore them.
Matthew 9:35 summarizes Jesus' healing ministry across Galilee — similar pattern but without the fringe detail.
Matthew 12:15 describes Jesus healing all who followed him — a parallel summary of his healing ministry, not the fringe-touching detail.