Matthew 9:1-26

Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man

1 Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town.

2 Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.”

3 At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, “This fellow is blaspheming!”

4 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?

5 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

6 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, take your mat and go home.”

7 Then the man got up and went home.

8 When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man.

The Calling of Matthew

9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.

11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’^[a] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Jesus Questioned About Fasting

14 Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”

15 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

16 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.

17 Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman

18 While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.”

19 Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.

20 Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

21 She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.”

22 Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment.

23 When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes,

24 he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him.

25 After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.

26 News of this spread through all that region.

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Cross References 28

1. Matthew 4:13
2. S Matthew 4:24
3. S ver 22
4. John 16:33
5. Luke 7:48
6. Matthew 26:65; John 10:33
7. Psalms 94:11; Matthew 12:25; Luke 6:8; Luke 9:47; Luke 11:17; John 2:25
8. S Matthew 8:20
9. Matthew 5:16; Matthew 15:31; Luke 7:16; Luke 13:13; Luke 17:15; Luke 23:47; John 15:8; Acts 4:21; Acts 11:18; Acts 21:20
10. S Matthew 4:19
11. Matthew 11:19; Luke 5:30; Luke 15:2; Luke 19:7; Galatians 2:15
12. Hosea 6:6; Micah 6:6-8; Matthew 12:7
13. Luke 19:10; 1 Timothy 1:15
14. S Matthew 3:1
15. Matthew 11:18,19; Luke 18:12
16. John 3:29
17. Acts 13:2,3; Acts 14:23
18. S Matthew 8:2
19. S Mark 5:23
20. Matthew 14:36; Mark 3:10; Mark 6:56; Luke 6:19
21. ver 2; John 16:33
22. ver 29; Matthew 8:13; Mark 10:52; Luke 7:50; Luke 17:19; Luke 18:42
23. Matthew 15:28
24. 2 Chronicles 35:25; Jeremiah 9:17,18
25. Acts 20:10
26. Daniel 12:2; Psalms 76:5; John 11:11-14; Acts 7:60; Acts 13:36; 1 Corinthians 11:30; 1 Corinthians 15:6,18,20; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-16
27. S Luke 7:14
28. ver 31; Matthew 4:24; Matthew 14:1; Mark 1:28,45; Luke 4:14,37; Luke 5:15; Luke 7:17

Footnotes 1

[a]. Hosea 6:6