Matthew 9
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1So Jesus took a boat back across the lake to the town where he lived. 2There they brought to him a paralyzed man lying on a mat. When Jesus saw how they trusted him, he told the paralyzed man, “My friend,#9:2. Literally, “child.” cheer up! Your sins are forgiven.”
3In response some of the religious teachers said to themselves, “He's speaking blasphemy!”
4But Jesus knew what they were thinking. He asked them, “Why are you thinking evil thoughts in your minds? 5What is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Get up and walk’? 6But to convince you that the Son of man does have the authority to forgive sins…” he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home!” 7The man got up and went home. 8When the crowds saw what had happened, they were scared. Then they praised God that he had given human beings such power.
9As Jesus moved on from there he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth. Jesus called to him, “Follow me!” He got up, and followed Jesus. 10While Jesus was eating at Matthew's home, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down at the table with Jesus and his disciples. 11When the Pharisees saw this they asked Jesus' disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
12When Jesus heard the question, he replied, “Those who are well don't need a doctor, but sick people do. 13Go and discover what this means: ‘I want mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I didn't come to call those who do what's right—I came to call sinners.”#9:13. Quoting Hosea 6:6.
14Then the disciples of John came and asked, “Why is that we and the Pharisees fast frequently, but your disciples don't?”
15“Do wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is with them?” Jesus responded. “But the time is coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast. 16No one puts a new patch on old clothes, otherwise it will shrink and make the tear worse. 17No one puts new wine in old wineskins either, otherwise the wineskins will burst, spilling the wine and ruining the wineskins. No, new wine is put into new wineskins, and both last.”
18While he was telling them this, one of the leading officials came and bowed before him. “My daughter has just died,” the man told Jesus. “But if you come and place your hand on her, I know she will come back to life.”
19Jesus and his disciples got up and followed him. 20At that moment a woman who had been sick with bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the hem of his cloak. 21She had told herself, “If I can just touch his cloak, I'll be healed.”
22Jesus turned and saw her. “Be happy, for your trust in me has healed you,” he told her.#9:22. Jesus calls her “daughter,” but such a form of address is not usual in modern English. The woman was immediately healed.
23Jesus arrived at the official's house. He saw the flute-players and the crowd that was weeping loudly. 24“Please leave,” he told them, “For the girl isn't dead, she's just asleep.” But they laughed and made fun of him. 25But once the crowd had been sent out, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. 26News of what happened spread throughout that region.
27As Jesus continued on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, “Son of David, please have mercy on us!” 28When Jesus arrived at the house where he was staying, the blind men came in too.
“Are you convinced that I'm able to do this?” he asked them.
“Yes, Lord,” they replied.
29Then Jesus touched their eyes, and said, “Because of your trust in me it will happen!” 30And they could see. Then Jesus warned them, “Make sure nobody knows about this.” 31But they went and spread the word about Jesus everywhere.
32As Jesus and his disciples were leaving, a man was brought to him who was dumb and demon-possessed. 33Once the demon had been thrown out of him, the dumb man spoke, and the crowds were amazed. “Nothing ever happened like this before in Israel,” they said. 34But the Pharisees remarked, “He throws out demons using the power of the chief of demons.”
35Jesus went all over, visiting the towns and villages. He taught in their synagogues, telling them about the good news of the kingdom, and he healed all kinds of sicknesses and diseases. 36When he saw the crowds, Jesus was deeply moved with compassion for them, because they were troubled and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37He told his disciples, “The harvest is large, but there are only a few workers. 38Pray to the Lord of the harvest, and ask him to send more workers for his harvest.”
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Mattithyahu (Matthew) 9
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1And entering into a boat, He passed over, and came to His own city.
2And see, they were bringing to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. And יהושע, seeing their belief, said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son, your sins have been forgiven.”
3And see, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This One blasphemes!”
4And יהושע, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think wicked thoughts in your hearts?
5“For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’?
6“But in order for you to know that the Son of Aḏam possesses authority on earth to forgive sins...” He then said to the paralytic, “Rise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”
7And he rose and went to his house.
8And when the crowds saw it, they marvelled and praised Elohim who had given such authority to men.
9And as יהושע passed on from there, He saw a man called Mattithyahu sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” And he rose and followed Him.
10And it came to be, as יהושע sat at the table in the house, that see, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His taught ones.
11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His taught ones, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
12And יהושע hearing this, said to them, “Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
13But go and learn what this means, ‘I desire compassion and not offering.’# Hosea 6:6 For I did not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.
14Then the taught ones of Yoḥanan came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your taught ones do not fast?”
15And יהושע said to them, “Are the friends of the bridegroom able to mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days shall come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they shall fast.
16“And no one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse.
17“Neither do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”
18While He was saying all this to them, see, a ruler came and bowed down to Him, saying, “My daughter is dead by now, but come and lay Your hand on her and she shall live.”
19And יהושע rose and followed him, His taught ones too.
20And see, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the tzitzit#See Explanatory Notes "Tzitzit" and Num. 15:37-41; Deut. 22:12. of His garment.
21For she said to herself, “If I only touch His garment, I shall be healed.”
22But יהושע turned, and when He saw her He said, “Take courage, daughter, your belief has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that hour.
23And when יהושע came into the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players and the crowd making a noise,
24He said to them, “Go back, for the girl is not dead, but sleeping.” And they laughed at Him.
25But when the crowd was put outside, He went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose.
26And this report went out into all that land.
27And as יהושע passed on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, “Son of Dawiḏ, have compassion on us!”
28And when He came into the house, the blind men came to Him. And יהושע said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to Him, “Yes, Master.”
29Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your belief let it be to you.”
30And their eyes were opened. And יהושע strictly ordered them, saying, “See, let no one know.”
31But when they went out, they made Him known in all that land.
32And as they were going out, see, they brought to Him a man, dumb and demon-possessed.
33And when the demon was cast out, the dumb one spoke. And the crowds marvelled, saying, “It was never seen like this in Yisra’ĕl!”
34But the Pharisees said, “He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.”
35And יהושע went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their congregations, and proclaiming the Good News of the reign, and healing every disease and every bodily weakness among the people.
36And having seen the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, as sheep having no shepherd.
37Then He said to His taught ones, “The harvest truly is great, but the workers are few.
38Pray then that the Master of the harvest would send out workers to His harvest.
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