The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Matthew 09
1 He entered into a boat and crossed
over, and came into his own city.
2 Behold, they broughtto 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.”
3 Behold, some of the scribes said to
themselves, “This man blasphemes.”
4 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said,
“Why do you think evil in your hearts?
5 For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are
forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Get up, and walk’?
6 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 to your
house.”
7 He arose and departed to his house.
8 But when the multitudes saw it, they
marveled and glorified God, who had
given such authority to men.
9 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.
10 As he sat in the house, behold, many
tax collectors and sinners came and sat
down with Jesus and his disciples.
11 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to
his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat
with tax collectors and sinners?”
12 When Jesus heard it, he said to them,
“Those who are healthy have no need for a
physician, but those who are sick do.
13 But you go and learn what this means:
‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’* for I
came not to call the righteous, but sinners
to repentance.Ӡ
14 Then John’s disciples came to him,
saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast
often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
15 Jesus said to them, “Can the friends
of the bridegroom mourn as long as the
bridegroomis withthem? Butthedays will
come when the bridegroom will be taken
away from them, and then they will fast.
16 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.
17 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.”
18 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.”
19 Jesus got up and followed him, as did
his disciples.
20 Behold, a woman who had a discharge
of blood for twelve years came behind
him, and touched the fringe‡ of his garment;
21 for she said within herself, “If I just
touch his garment, I will be made well.”
22 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.
23 When Jesus came into the ruler’s
house and saw the flute players and the
crowd in noisy disorder,
24 he said to them, “Make room, because
the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.”
They were ridiculing him.
25 But when the crowd was sent out, he
entered in, took her by the hand, and the
girl arose.
26 The report ofthis went out into
all that land.
27 As Jesus passed by from there, two
blind men followed him, calling out and
saying, “Have mercy on us, son of David!”
28 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.”
29 Then he touched their eyes, saying,
“According to your faith be it done to you.”
30 Then their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly
commanded them, saying, “See
that no one knows about this.”
31 But they went out and spread abroad
his fame in all that land.
32 As they went out, behold, a mute man
who was demon possessed was brought to him.
33 When the demon was cast out, the
mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled,
saying, “Nothing like this has ever
been seen in Israel!”
34 But the Pharisees said, “By the prince
of the demons, he casts out demons.”
35 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.
36 But when he saw the multitudes, he
was moved with compassion for them
because they were harassed§ and scattered,
like sheep without a shepherd.
37 Then he said to his disciples, “The
harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers
are few.
38 Pray therefore that the Lord of the
harvest will send out laborers into
his harvest.”