Ordinary 13

After looking at the cuase of sickness and death, we can move on to the remedy: Faith. After showing the broken relationships in Genesis, the story moves on to Abraham, our Father in Faith. Faith is shown as the antidote to sin.

Faith is the key to both responses in the Gospel. The Synagogue official is an external demonstration, he made his request publicly. The woman was an internal faith. Both are acceptable to Jesus, although he does bring the woman's faith to light publicly.