Matthew 9:4-38 ▼

4 And Jesus, having known 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, ‘Arise and walk’?

6 But so that you? may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins...” Then He says to the paralytic, “Having arisen, take up your mat and go to your house.”

7 And having arisen, he went away to his house.

8 And the crowds, having seen, feared and glorified God, the One having given such authority to men.

9 And Jesus, passing on from there, saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and He says to him, “Follow Me.” And having risen up, he followed Him.

10 And it came to pass in His reclining in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners, having come, were reclining with Jesus and His disciples.

11 And having seen, the Pharisees were saying to His disciples, “Why does your? Teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?”

12 But having heard, He said, “Those being strong have no need of a physician, but those being ill.

13 But having gone, learn what is ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

14 Then the disciples of John come to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but Your disciples do not fast?”

15 And Jesus said to them, “Are the sons of the bridechamber able to mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom shall have been taken away from them, and then they will fast.

16 But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the filling up of it pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear happens.

17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins; and if otherwise, the wineskins are burst, and the wine is poured out, and the wineskins are destroyed. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

18 In His speaking these things to them, behold, one ruler, having come, was kneeling down to Him, saying, “My daughter just now died, but having come, lay Your hand upon her, and she will live.”

19 And having arisen, Jesus was following him, as well as His disciples.

20 And behold, a woman having a flow of blood twelve years, having come behind Him, touched the fringe of His garment.

21 For she was saying within herself, “If only I shall touch His garment, I will be saved.”

22 And Jesus, having turned and having seen her, said, “Take courage, daughter; your faith has saved you.” And the woman was saved from that hour.

23 And Jesus, having come into the house of the ruler and having seen the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,

24 was saying, “Withdraw, for the girl did not die, but sleeps.” And they were laughing at Him.

25 And when the crowd was put outside, having entered, He took hold of her hand, and the girl arose.

26 And this report went out into all that land.

27 And Jesus passing on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

28 And having come into the house, the blind men came to Him, and Jesus says to them, “Do you? believe that I am able to do this?” They say to Him, “Yes, Lord.”

29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your? faith let it be to you?.”

30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly instructed them, saying, “See, let no one know!”

31 But having gone out, they reported about Him in all that land.

32 And in their going out, behold, they brought to Him a mute man possessed by a demon.

33 And the demon having been cast out, the mute man spoke. And the crowds marveled, saying, “Never thus was it seen in Israel!”

34 But the Pharisees were saying, “By the prince of the demons He casts out the demons.”

35 And Jesus was going throughout all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness.

36 And having seen the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were wearied and cast away, as sheep not having a shepherd.

37 Then He says to His disciples, “The harvest indeed is much, but the workers are few.

38 Therefore implore the Lord of the harvest, that He might put forth workers into His harvest.”