Matthew 9

NASB

1 And getting into a boat, He crossed over, and came to His own city. 2 And behold, they were bringing to Him a paralytic, lying on a bed; and Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, "Take courage, My son, ^F1 your sins are ^F2 forgiven." 3 And behold, some of the scribes said to ^F3 themselves, "This fellow blasphemes." 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, "Why are you thinking evil in your hearts? 5 "For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are ^F4 forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, and walk'? 6 "But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"-- then He said to the paralytic-- "Rise, take up your bed, and go home." 7 And he rose, and went ^F5 home. 8 But when the multitudes saw this, they were filled ^F6 with awe, and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
9 And as Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man, called Matthew, sitting in ^F7 the tax office; and He said to him, "Follow Me!" And he rose, and followed Him. 10 And it happened that as He was reclining at the table in the house, behold many tax-gatherers ^F8 and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why is your Teacher eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners?" 12 But when He heard this, He said, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. 13 "But go and learn what this means, 'I desire COMPASSION, ^F9 and ^F10 not sacrifice,' for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
14 Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?" 15 And Jesus said to them, "The attendants ^F11 of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 "But no one puts a ^F12 patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the ^F13 patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. 17 "Nor do men put new wine into old wineskins; ^F14 otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out, and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."
18 While He was saying these things to them, behold, there came a ^F15 synagogue official, ^F16 and bowed ^F17 down before Him, saying, "My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live." 19 And Jesus rose and began to follow him, and so did His disciples. 20 And behold, a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak; ^F18 21 for she was saying to ^F19 herself, "If I only touch His garment, I shall get ^F20 well." 22 But Jesus turning and seeing her said, "Daughter, take courage; your faith has made ^F21 you well." And at ^F22 once the woman was made well. 23 And when Jesus came into the official's ^F23 house, and saw the flute-players, and the crowd in noisy disorder, 24 He began to say, "Depart; for the girl has not died, but is asleep." And they began laughing at Him. 25 But when the crowd had been put out, He entered and took her by the hand; and the girl arose. ^F24 26 And this news went out into all that land.
27 And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, and saying, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!" 28 And after He had come into the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord." 29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, "Be it done to you according to your faith." 30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, "See here, let no one know about this!" 31 But they went out, and spread the news about Him in all that land. 32 And as they were going out, behold, a dumb man, demon-possessed, was ^F25 brought to Him. 33 And after the demon was cast out, the dumb man spoke; and the multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this was ^F26 ever seen in Israel." 34 But the Pharisees were saying, "He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons."
35 And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. 36 And seeing the multitudes, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed ^F27 and downcast ^F28 like sheep without ^F29 a shepherd. 37 Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 38 "Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest."

Footnotes
^F1Lit., child
^F2Lit., are being forgiven
^F3Lit., among
^F4Lit., are being forgiven
^F5Or, departed
^F6Or, afraid
F7Lit., at the tax booth
F8I.e., Collectors of Roman taxes for profit
F9Or, mercy
^F10I.e., more than
^F11Lit., sons of the bridal-chamber
^F12Lit., that which is put on
^F13Lit., that which fills up
^F14I.e., skins used as bottles
^F15Or, one
^F16Lit., ruler
^F17Or, worshiped
^F18Or, outer garment
^F19Lit., in herself
^F20Lit., be saved
^F21Lit., saved you
^F22Lit., from that hour
^F23Lit., ruler's
^F24Or, was raised up
^F25Lit., they brought
^F26Lit., ever appeared
^F27Or, harassed
^F28Lit., thrown down
^F29Lit., not having

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