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Matthew Chapter 9 009:001 He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city. 009:002 Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you." 009:003 Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man blasphemes." 009:004 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?
009:005 For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Get up, and walk?' 009:006 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the paralytic), "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house." 009:007 He arose and departed to his house. 009:008 But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
009:009 As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and followed him. 009:010 It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
009:011 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" 009:012 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
009:013 But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,'{Hosea 6:6} for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.{NU omits "to repentance".}" 009:014 Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?" 009:015 Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
009:016 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made. 009:017 Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined.
No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved." 009:018 While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live." 009:019 Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples.
009:020 Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe{or, tassel} of his garment; 009:021 for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be made well." 009:022 But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.
009:023 When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder, 009:024 he said to them, "Make room, because the girl isn't dead, but sleeping." They were ridiculing him. 009:025 But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose. 009:026 The report of this went out into all that land.
009:027 As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David!" 009:028 When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord." 009:029 Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you." 009:030 Their eyes were opened.
Jesus strictly charged them, saying, "See that no one knows about this." 009:031 But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land. 009:032 As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him. 009:033 When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke.
The multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!" 009:034 But the Pharisees said, "By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons." 009:035 Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
009:036 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed{TR reads "weary" instead of "harassed"} and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd. 009:037 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 009:038 Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."