New Testament · Gospels and Acts

Matthew chapter 9

Jesus got into a , crossed over, and came to .Some people brought him a lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their , he said to the paralyzed man, “Take heart, friend — your .”At that, some of the said to themselves, “This man is !”Jesus exactly what they were thinking. “Why are you entertaining such ?” he asked.“Which is easier to say — ‘Your failures are forgiven,’ or ‘Get up and walk’?But I want you to know that the has the to forgive failures right here on earth.” Then he turned to the paralyzed man. “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”And the man got up and went home.When the crowds saw this, a sense of swept over them, and they God for giving such authority to human beings.As Jesus moved on from there, he saw a man named sitting at the . “,” he said to him. And Matthew got up and followed him.While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, a bunch of tax collectors and came and ate with him and his .When the saw this, they asked his followers, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and people like that?”Jesus overheard them and said, “Healthy people don’t need a — sick people do.Go and figure out what this means: ‘I want , not .’ I didn’t come for — I came for .”Then came to him with a question: “How come we and the Pharisees regularly, but your followers don’t fast at all?”Jesus answered, “Do wedding guests mourn while the is still with them? Of course not. But the time will come when the groom is from them — then they’ll fast.”Nobody patches an old coat with a piece of . The patch would pull away from the coat and make the tear even worse.And nobody pours into old . If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and both are ruined. No — new wine goes into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.While he was telling them all this, a came and before him. “My daughter just died,” he said. “But come and place your hand on her, and she’ll live.”Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his followers.Just then, a woman who had been suffering from for twelve years came up behind him and touched the .She kept thinking to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I’ll be .”Jesus turned around, saw her, and said, “Take heart, — your has .” And the woman was healed from that moment.When Jesus arrived at the synagogue leader’s house and saw the and the ,he said, “Everyone out. The girl isn’t dead — she’s .” They laughed at him.After the crowd had been sent outside, he went in, , and she got up. of this spread throughout that whole region.As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, “Have on us, !”When he went indoors, the blind men came to him. Jesus asked them, “Do you really I can do this?” “Yes, ,” they answered.Then he and said, “Let it happen according to your .”And their eyes were opened. Jesus them, “Make sure nobody finds out about this.”But they went out and about him throughout that whole region.As they were leaving, some people brought to Jesus a man who because he was .After the demon was , the man spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in !”But the Pharisees said, “He drives out demons by the power of the .”Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, announcing the , and every disease and sickness.When he saw the crowds, for them, because they were like sheep without a .Then he said to his followers, “The is huge, but there aren’t enough .So ask the to workers into his harvest field.”