Matthew 9:16-38 ▼

16 “But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.

17 “Nor do men put new wine into old wineskins; 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 synagogue official, and bowed 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;

21 for she was saying to herself, “If I only touch His garment, I shall get well.”

22 But Jesus turning and seeing her said, “Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well.” And at once the woman was made well.

23 And when Jesus came into the official’s 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.

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 brought to Him.

33 And after the demon was cast out, the dumb man spoke; and the multitudes marveled, saying, “Nothing like this was 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 and downcast like sheep without 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.”