Matthew 9
Book: Matthew
A PARALYTIC HEALED
2 And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy, “Son, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven.”
6 “But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (then saith he to the sick of the palsy), Arise, and take up thy bed, and go up unto thy house.”
8 But when the multitudes saw it, they were afraid, and glorified God, who had given such authority unto men.
MATTHEW CALLED TO FOLLOW JESUS
9 And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he saith unto him, “Follow me.” And he arose, and followed him.
10 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Teacher with the publicans and sinners?
12 But when he heard it, he said, “They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.”
13 “But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
ON FASTING
14 Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
15 And Jesus said unto them, “Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast.”
16 “And no man putteth a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; for that which should fill it up taketh from the garment, and a worse rent is made.”
17 “Neither do men put new wine into old wine-skins: else the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins perish: but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins, and both are preserved.”
A WOMAN HEALED AND A DAUGHTER RAISED
18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
20 And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment:
22 But Jesus turning and seeing her said, “Daughter, be of good cheer; thy faith hath made thee whole.” And the woman was made whole from that hour.
23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute-players, and the crowd making a tumult,
TWO BLIND MEN HEALED
27 And as Jesus passed by from thence, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy on us, thou son of David.
28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, “Believe ye that I am able to do this?” They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
A DEMON EXPELLED
33 And when the demon was cast out, the dumb man spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
A PLENTIFUL HARVEST BUT FEW WORKERS
35 And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.