Matthew 9
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The Son of Man Forgives and Heals
1So he got into a boat, crossed over, and came to his own town.#Mt 4:13; Mk 5:21 2Just then#Mk 2:3–12; Lk 5:18–26 some men#9:2 Lit then they brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Have courage, son, your sins are forgiven.”#Mt 4:24; 8:10,13; 9:22; Lk 7:48; Jn 16:33
3At this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “He’s blaspheming!” #Mt 26:65; Jn 10:36
4Perceiving their thoughts,#Mt 12:25; Lk 6:8; 9:47; 11:17 Jesus said, “Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts?#9:4 Or minds 5For which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 6But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” — then he told the paralytic, “Get up, take your stretcher, and go home.” 7So he got up and went home. 8When the crowds saw this, they were awestruck#9:8 Other mss read amazed#9:8 Lit afraid and gave glory#Mt 5:16; 15:31; Lk 7:16; 13:13; Jn 15:8; Ac 4:21 to God, who had given such authority to men.
The Call of Matthew
9As Jesus went on from there,#Mk 2:14–22; Lk 5:27–38 he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me,” and he got up and followed him.#Mt 10:3; Mk 2:14; 3:18; Lk 6:15; Ac 1:13
10While he was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came to eat with Jesus and his disciples.#Mt 10:42; 28:19; Lk 14:26; Jn 8:31; 13:35; 15:8; Ac 6:1 11When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” #Mt 11:19; Lk 5:30; 15:2; Gl 2:15
12Now when he heard this, he said, “It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick.#Mk 2:17; Lk 5:31 13Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice.#9:13 Hs 6:6#Hs 6:6; Mc 6:6–8; Mt 12:7 For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”#9:13 Other mss add to repentance
A Question about Fasting
14Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?” #Mt 11:2; 14:12; 15:2; Lk 11:1; 18:12
15Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests#9:15 Lit the sons of the bridal chamber be sad while the groom is with them? The time#9:15 Lit days will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16No one patches an old garment with unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment and makes the tear worse. 17And no one puts#9:17 Lit And they do not put new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”
A Girl Restored and a Woman Healed
18As he was telling them these things,#Mk 5:22–43; Lk 8:41–56 suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before him, saying, “My daughter just died,#9:18 Lit daughter has now come to the end but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”#Mt 8:2–3; Mk 5:23 19So Jesus and his disciples got up and followed#Lk 5:11; Jn 8:12 him.
20Just then, a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years approached from behind and touched the end of his robe,#Lv 15:25; Nm 15:38; Dt 22:12; Mt 14:36; 23:5 21for she said to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I’ll be made well.”#9:21 Or be saved#Mt 14:36; Mk 3:10; Lk 6:19
22Jesus turned and saw her. “Have courage, daughter,” he said. “Your faith has saved you.”#9:22 Or has made you well#Mt 15:28; Mk 10:52; Lk 7:50; 17:19; 18:42 And the woman was made well from that moment.#9:22 Lit hour
23When Jesus came to the leader’s house, he saw the flute players and a crowd lamenting loudly.#2Ch 35:25; Jr 9:17; 16:6; Ezk 24:17; Rv 18:22 24“Leave,” he said, “because the girl is not dead but asleep.”#Jn 11:13; Ac 20:10 And they laughed at him. 25After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl got up.#Mk 9:27; Ac 3:7; 9:40–41 26Then news of this spread throughout that whole area.#Mt 4:24; 9:31; 14:1; Mk 1:28; Lk 4:14
Healing the Blind
27As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” #Mt 1:1; 12:23; 15:22; 20:30–31; Mk 10:47; Lk 18:38–39
28When he entered the house, the blind men approached him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe#Mk 11:24; Jn 3:16; Ac 10:43; Rm 10:9; 1Pt 1:8–10 that I can do this?”
They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”
29Then he touched their eyes, saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith.” 30And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus warned them sternly, “Be sure that no one finds out.”#Mt 8:4,13; 9:22; Mk 8:25; Jn 9:26 31But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that whole area.
Driving Out a Demon
32Just as they were going out, a demon-possessed man who was unable to speak was brought to him.#Mt 12:22–24; Lk 11:14–15 33When the demon had been driven out, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
34But the Pharisees said, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons.”#Mk 3:22; Jn 7:20
The Lord of the Harvest
35Jesus continued going around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom,#Mt 4:23; Mk 1:15 and healing every#9:35 Or every kind of disease and every sickness.#9:35 Other mss add among the people#9:35 Or physical ailment 36When he saw the crowds, he felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dejected,#Mt 14:14; 15:32; Mk 6:34; 8:2 like sheep without a shepherd.#Nm 27:17; 1Kg 22:17; Ezk 34:5; Zch 10:2 37Then he said to his disciples,#Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16 “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. 38Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.”
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Mattityahu 9
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1And, having embarked into a sirah (boat), Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach crossed over#9:1 to the other side of the lake and came into his own shtetl.
2And hinei! They brought to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach a paralytic lying upon a mat. Having seen their emunah, he said to the paralytic, Chazak! (Be strong!) Selicha (forgiveness) is granted on your averos (sins)!
3And hinei! Some of the Sofrim said to themselves, This one commits Chillul Hashem!#9:3 Lv 22:32
4And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, reading their minds, said, Why are you thinking ra'ah (evil) in your levavot (hearts)?
5For which is easier to say, Selicha is granted on your averos! Or…Arise and walk!?
6But in order that you may have da'as that the Bar Enosh#9:6 Moshiach has samchut (authority) on earth to pronounce selicha (forgiveness) on chattaim (sins) Moshiach then declared to the paralytic, Arise, take up your mat and go to your bais (house).
7And arising, he went away to his bais.
8And having witnessed this, the multitudes experienced yirat Shomayim and gave kavod to Hashem, who had given such samchut to men.
9And going away from there, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach saw a man called Mattityahu sitting in the tax office. And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to him, Follow me. And Mattityahu arose and followed him.
10And it came about that while Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was sitting bimesibba (reclining) at tish (table) in the bais, hinei! Many mochesim (tax collectors) and chote'im (sinners) came and were sitting bimesibba (reclining) at tish (table) with Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach and his talmidim.
11When the Perushim saw this, they were saying to Moshiachʼs talmidim, Why does your Rebbe eat with the mochesim and the chote'im?
12But when Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach heard this, he said, It is not the bariim (healthy ones) who have need of a rofeh (physician), but the cholim.
13Go and learn what this means: CHESED CHAFATZTI VLO ZEVACH#9:13 Hos 6:6 (I desire loving kindness and not sacrifice), for I have not come to call the tzaddikim but the chote'im (sinners).#9:13 to teshuva
14Then Yochananʼs talmidim approached Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, saying, Why do we and the Perushim often undergo tzomot (fasts), but your talmidim do not undergo tzomot?
15And Moshiach said to them, Surely the Bnei HaChuppah (wedding invitees) are not able to act as avelim (mourners) as long as the Choson (Bridegroom),#9:15 i.e., Moshiach is with them. But the days will come when the Choson is taken away from them, and then they will undergo tzomot.
16No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.
17Neither do men put yayin chadash (new wine) into old wineskins; otherwise, the wineskins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they pour yayin chadash into new wineskins, and both are preserved.
18While Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was speaking these things to them one of the nichbadim (dignitaries)#9:18 of the shul came and fell down before Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, saying, The bat (daughter) of me has just become niftar (passed away), but come lay your hand upon her and she will live.
19And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach got up and, with his talmidim, followed him.
20And hinei! An isha (woman) hemorrhaging twelve years approached him from behind and touched the garment of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiachʼs tzitzit.
21For she was saying to herself, If only I might touch his garment, I will receive refuah (healing).
22Turning and seeing her, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, Chazak, bat (daughter) of me! Your emunah has brought you refuah. And the isha was healed from that hour.
23And having come into the bais (house) of the nichbad (dignitary), and having seen the flute players and the unruly crowd,
24Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was saying, Go away! For the yaldah is not among the mesim — she sleeps! And they were making leitzonus (mockery, fun) of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.
25But when the crowd had been put outside, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach went in and took the yaldah by the hand and the yaldah was made to stand up alive.
26And this report went out into all that region.
27And as Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach went on from there, two ivrim (blind men) followed him, shouting loudly, Chaneinu, Ben Dovid!
28And when Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach#9:28 Ben Dovid entered the bais (house), the ivrim (blind men) approached him, and he says to them, Do you have emunah that I am able to do this? They say to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Ken, Adoneinu.
29Then Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach touched their eyes, saying, According to your emunah, let it be done for you.
30And their eyes were opened. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach sternly warned them, saying, See to it that no one knows!
31But having gone out, they made him known in that entire district.
32After they had departed, the people brought to him a mute man who was possessed by shedim.
33And when the shedim had been cast out by Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, the mute man spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying, Never was anything like this seen in Eretz Yisroel!
34But the Perushim said, It was by the Sar HaShedim (the Prince of Demons) that this man casts out shedim!
35And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach went about all the shtetlach and villages exercising the ministry of moreh (teacher) in their shuls and of darshan (preacher) of the Besuras HaGeulah of the Malchut Hashem and bringing refuah to all the cholim, every machla (disease) and every illness.
36And looking out on the multitudes, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach felt rachmei Shomayim (heavenly compassion and mercy) for his people, for they were distressed and weary KATZON ASHER EIN LAHEM ROEH#9:36 Num 27:17 (like sheep without a shepherd).
37Then Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to his talmidim, The katzir (harvest) is indeed great but the kotzerim (harvesters) are few.
38Therefore, offer tefillos to the Adon HaKatzir (the L-rd of the Harvest) that He may send out Kotzerim into His Katzir.
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