Matthew 9

¹And having entered into a boat, He crossed over, and He came into His own city.

²And behold, they were bringing to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. And Jesus, having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, “Take courage, child; your sins are forgiven.”

³And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This One blasphemes!”

⁴And Jesus, having known their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?

⁵For which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’?

⁶But 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.”

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

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

⁹And 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.

¹⁰And 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.

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

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

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

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

¹⁵And 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.

¹⁶But 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.

¹⁷Nor 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.”

¹⁸In 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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²⁶And this report went out into all that land.

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

²⁸And 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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

³⁵And 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.

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

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

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