Matthew 9
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The Son of Man Forgives and Heals
1So He got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own town. # Mt 4:13; Mk 5:21 2Just then # Mk 2:3-12; Lk 5:18-26 some men # Lit then they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Have courage, son, your sins are forgiven.” # Mt 4:24; 8:10,13; 9:22; Lk 7:48; Jn 16:33
3At this, some of the scribes said among themselves, “He’s blaspheming! ” # Mt 26:65; Jn 10:36
4But perceiving their thoughts, # Mt 12:25; Lk 6:8; 9:47; 11:17 Jesus said, “Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts? # Or minds 5For which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 6But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” — then He told the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.” 7And he got up and went home. 8When the crowds saw this, they were awestruck # Other mss read amazed # Lit afraid and gave glory # Mt 5:16; 15:31; Lk 7:16; 13:13; Jn 15:8; Ac 4:21 to God who had given such authority to men.
The Call of Matthew
9As Jesus went on from there, # Mk 2:14-22; Lk 5:27-38 He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me! ” So he got up and followed Him. # Mt 10:3; Mk 2:14; 3:18; Lk 6:15; Ac 1:13
10While He was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came as guests to eat # Lit came, they were reclining (at the table); at important meals the custom was to recline on a mat at a low table and lean on the left elbow. with Jesus and His disciples. # Mt 10:42; 28:19; Lk 14:26; Jn 8:31; 13:35; 15:8; Ac 6:1 11When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? ” # Mt 11:19; Lk 5:30; 15:2; Gl 2:15
12But when He heard this, He said, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do. # Mk 2:17; Lk 5:31 13Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. # Hs 6:6; Mc 6:6-8; Mt 12:7 # Hs 6:6 For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.” # Other mss add to repentance
A Question about Fasting
14Then John’s disciples came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast? ” # Mt 11:2; 14:12; 15:2; Lk 11:1; 18:12
15Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests # Lit the sons of the bridal chamber be sad while the groom is with them? The time # Lit days will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16No one patches an old garment with unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment and makes the tear worse. 17And no one puts # Lit And they do not put new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. But they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”
A Girl Restored and a Woman Healed
18As He was telling them these things, # Mk 5:22-43; Lk 8:41-56 suddenly one of the leaders # A leader of a synagogue; Mk 5:22 came and knelt down before Him, saying, “My daughter is near death, # Lit daughter has now come to the end but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.” # Mt 8:2-3; Mk 5:23 19So Jesus and His disciples got up and followed # Lk 5:11; Jn 8:12 him.
20Just then, a woman who had suffered from bleeding for 12 years approached from behind and touched the tassel on His robe, # Lv 15:25; Nm 15:38; Dt 22:12; Mt 14:36; 23:5 21for she said to herself, “If I can just touch His robe, I’ll be made well! ” # Or be delivered # Mt 14:36; Mk 3:10; Lk 6:19
22But Jesus turned and saw her. “Have courage, daughter,” He said. “Your faith has made you well.” # Or has saved you # Mt 15:28; Mk 10:52; Lk 7:50; 17:19; 18:42 And the woman was made well from that moment. # Lit hour
23When Jesus came to the leader’s house, He saw the flute players and a crowd lamenting loudly. # 2Ch 35:25; Jr 9:17; 16:6; Ezk 24:17; Rv 18:22 24“Leave,” He said, “because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” # Jn 11:13; Ac 20:10 And they started laughing at Him. 25But when the crowd had been put outside, He went in and took her by the hand, and the girl got up. # Mk 9:27; Ac 3:7; 9:40-41 26And this news spread throughout that whole area. # Mt 4:24; 9:31; 14:1; Mk 1:28; Lk 4:14
Healing the Blind
27As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, shouting, “Have mercy on us, Son of David! ” # Mt 1:1; 12:23; 15:22; 20:30-31; Mk 10:47; Lk 18:38-39
28When He entered the house, the blind men approached Him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe # Mk 11:24; Jn 3:16; Ac 10:43; Rm 10:9; 1Pt 1:8-10 that I can do this? ”
“Yes, Lord,” they answered Him.
29Then He touched their eyes, saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith! ” 30And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus warned them sternly, “Be sure that no one finds out! ” # Lit no one knows # Mt 8:4,13; 9:22; Mk 8:25; Jn 9:26 31But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout that whole area.
Driving Out a Demon
32Just as they were going out, a demon-possessed man who was unable to speak was brought to Him. # Mt 12:22-24; Lk 11:14-15 33When the demon had been driven out, the man # Lit the man who was unable to speak spoke. And the crowds were amazed, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel! ”
34But the Pharisees said, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons! ” # Mk 3:22; Jn 7:20
The Lord of the Harvest
35Then Jesus went to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, # Mt 4:23; Mk 1:15 and healing every # Or every kind of disease and every sickness. # Other mss add among the people 36When He saw the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were weary and worn out, # Mt 14:14; 15:32; Mk 6:34; 8:2 like sheep without a shepherd. # Nm 27:17; 1Kg 22:17; Ezk 34:5; Zch 10:2 37Then He said to His disciples, # Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16 “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. 38Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”
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Matthew 9
9
Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man
1Jesus got into a boat and went back across the lake to his own town. 2Some people brought to Jesus a man who was paralyzed and lying on a mat. When Jesus saw the faith of these people, he said to the paralyzed man, “Be encouraged, young man. Your sins are forgiven.”
3Some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, “This man speaks as if he were God. That is blasphemy!”
4Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why are you thinking evil thoughts? 5Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to tell him, ‘Stand up and walk’? 6But I will prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Stand up, take your mat, and go home.” 7And the man stood up and went home. 8When the people saw this, they were amazed and praised God for giving power like this to human beings.
Jesus Chooses Matthew
9When Jesus was leaving, he saw a man named Matthew sitting in the tax collector’s booth. Jesus said to him, “Follow me,” and he stood up and followed Jesus.
10As Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and “sinners” came and ate with Jesus and his followers. 11When the Pharisees saw this, they asked Jesus’ followers, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
12When Jesus heard them, he said, “It is not the healthy people who need a doctor, but the sick. 13Go and learn what this means: ‘I want kindness more than I want animal sacrifices.’ I did not come to invite good people but to invite sinners.”
Jesus’ Followers Are Criticized
14Then the followers of John came to Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees often fast for a certain time, but your followers don’t?”
15Jesus answered, “The friends of the bridegroom are not sad while he is with them. But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.
16“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth over a hole in an old coat. If he does, the patch will shrink and pull away from the coat, making the hole worse. 17Also, people never pour new wine into old leather bags. Otherwise, the bags will break, the wine will spill, and the wine bags will be ruined. But people always pour new wine into new wine bags. Then both will continue to be good.”
Jesus Gives Life to a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman
18While Jesus was saying these things, a leader of the synagogue came to him. He bowed down before Jesus and said, “My daughter has just died. But if you come and lay your hand on her, she will live again.” 19So Jesus and his followers stood up and went with the leader.
20Then a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years came behind Jesus and touched the edge of his coat. 21She was thinking, “If I can just touch his clothes, I will be healed.”
22Jesus turned and saw the woman and said, “Be encouraged, dear woman. You are made well because you believed.” And the woman was healed from that moment on.
23Jesus continued along with the leader and went into his house. There he saw the funeral musicians and many people crying. 24Jesus said, “Go away. The girl is not dead, only asleep.” But the people laughed at him. 25After the crowd had been thrown out of the house, Jesus went into the girl’s room and took hold of her hand, and she stood up. 26The news about this spread all around the area.
Jesus Heals More People
27When Jesus was leaving there, two blind men followed him. They cried out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
28After Jesus went inside, the blind men went with him. He asked the men, “Do you believe that I can make you see again?”
They answered, “Yes, Lord.”
29Then Jesus touched their eyes and said, “Because you believe I can make you see again, it will happen.” 30Then the men were able to see. But Jesus warned them strongly, saying, “Don’t tell anyone about this.” 31But the blind men left and spread the news about Jesus all around that area.
32When the two men were leaving, some people brought another man to Jesus. This man could not talk because he had a demon in him. 33After Jesus forced the demon to leave the man, he was able to speak. The crowd was amazed and said, “We have never seen anything like this in Israel.”
34But the Pharisees said, “The prince of demons is the one that gives him power to force demons out.”
35Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News about the kingdom, and healing all kinds of diseases and sicknesses. 36When he saw the crowds, he felt sorry for them because they were hurting and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37Jesus said to his followers, “There are many people to harvest but only a few workers to help harvest them. 38Pray to the Lord, who owns the harvest, that he will send more workers to gather his harvest.”
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