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 Paralysed Man
(Mk 2.1–12; Lk 5.17–26)
1Jesus got into the boat and went back across the lake to his own town,#9.1 his own town: Capernaum (see 4.13). 2where some people brought to him a paralysed man, lying on a bed. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the paralysed man, “Courage, my son! Your sins are forgiven.”
3Then some teachers of the Law said to themselves, “This man is speaking blasphemy!”
4Jesus perceived what they were thinking, so he said, “Why are you thinking such evil things? 5Is it easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 6I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralysed man, “Get up, pick up your bed, and go home!”
7The man got up and went home. 8When the people saw it, they were afraid, and praised God for giving such authority to people.
Jesus Calls Matthew
(Mk 2.13–17; Lk 5.27–32)
9Jesus left that place, and as he walked along, he saw a tax collector, named Matthew, sitting in his office. He said to him, “Follow me.”
Matthew got up and followed him.
10 #
Lk 15.1–2
While Jesus was having a meal in Matthew's house,#9.10 in Matthew's house; or in his (that is, Jesus') house. many tax collectors and other outcasts came and joined Jesus and his disciples at the table. 11Some Pharisees saw this and asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such people?”
12Jesus heard them and answered, “People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick. 13#Mt 12.7; Hos 6.6Go and find out what is meant by the scripture that says: ‘It is kindness that I want, not animal sacrifices.’ I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts.”
The Question about Fasting
(Mk 2.18–22; Lk 5.33–39)
14Then the followers of John the Baptist came to Jesus, asking, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast at all?”
15Jesus answered, “Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to be sad as long as the bridegroom is with them? Of course not! But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
16 “No one patches up an old coat with a piece of new cloth, for the new patch will shrink and make an even bigger hole in the coat. 17Nor does anyone pour new wine into used wineskins, for the skins will burst, the wine will pour out, and the skins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins, and both will keep in good condition.”
The Official's Daughter and the Woman who Touched Jesus' Cloak
(Mk 5.21–43; Lk 8.40–56)
18While Jesus was saying this, a Jewish official came to him, knelt down before him, and said, “My daughter has just died; but come and place your hands on her, and she will live.”
19So Jesus got up and followed him, and his disciples went along with him.
20A woman who had suffered from severe bleeding for twelve years came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak. 21She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will get well.”
22Jesus turned round and saw her, and said, “Courage, my daughter! Your faith has made you well.” At that very moment the woman became well.
23Then Jesus went into the official's house. When he saw the musicians for the funeral and the people all stirred up, 24he said, “Get out, everybody! The little girl is not dead — she is only sleeping!” Then they all laughed at him. 25But as soon as the people had been put out, Jesus went into the girl's room and took hold of her hand, and she got up. 26The news about this spread all over that part of the country.
Jesus Heals Two Blind Men
27Jesus left that place, and as he walked along, two blind men started following him. “Take pity on us, Son of David!” they shouted.
28When Jesus had gone indoors, the two blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I can heal you?”
“Yes, sir!” they answered.
29Then Jesus touched their eyes and said, “Let it happen, then, just as you believe!” — 30and their sight was restored. Jesus spoke sternly to them, “Don't tell this to anyone!”
31But they left and spread the news about Jesus all over that part of the country.
Jesus Heals a Man who could not Speak
32As the men were leaving, some people brought to Jesus a man who could not talk because he had a demon. 33But as soon as the demon was driven out, the man started talking, and everyone was amazed. “We have never seen anything like this in Israel!” they exclaimed.
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Mt 10.25; 12.24; Mk 3.22; Lk 11.15 But the Pharisees said, “It is the chief of the demons who gives Jesus the power to drive out demons.”
Jesus has Pity for the People
35 #
Mt 4.23; Mk 1.39; Lk 4.44 Jesus went round visiting all the towns and villages. He taught in the synagogues, preached the Good News about the Kingdom, and healed people with every kind of disease and sickness. 36#Num 27.17; 1 Kgs 22.17; 2 Chr 18.16; Ezek 34.5; Mk 6.34As he saw the crowds, his heart was filled with pity for them, because they were worried and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37#Lk 10.2So he said to his disciples, “The harvest is large, but there are few workers to gather it in. 38Pray to the owner of the harvest that he will send out workers to gather in his harvest.”
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