[English Bible] Matthew chapter 9

CHAPTER 9

Mt. 9:1 Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own

town.

Mt. 9:2 Some men brought to him a paralytic, lying on a mat. When

Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart,

son; your sins are forgiven.”

Mt. 9:3 At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves,

“This fellow is blaspheming!”

Mt. 9:4 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain

evil thoughts in your hearts?

Mt. 9:5 Which is easier: to say, `Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say,

`Get up and walk’?

Mt. 9:6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority

on earth to forgive sins....” Then he said to the paralytic, “Get

up, take your mat and go home.”

Mt. 9:7 And the man got up and went home.

Mt. 9:8 When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they

praised God, who had given such authority to men.

Mt. 9:9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew

sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him,

and Matthew got up and followed him.

Mt. 9:10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax

collectors and “sinners” came and ate with him and his

disciples.

Mt. 9:11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why

does your teacher eat with tax collectors and `sinners’?”

Mt. 9:12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a

doctor, but the sick.

Mt. 9:13 But go and learn what this means: `I desire mercy, not

sacrifice.’ [Hosea 6:6] For I have not come to call the

righteous, but sinners.”

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Mt. 9:14 Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we

and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”

Mt. 9:15 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom

mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the

bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

Mt. 9:16 “No-one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment,

for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the

tear worse.

Mt. 9:17 Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do,

the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins

will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins,

and both are preserved.”

Mt. 9:18 While he was saying this, a ruler came and knelt before him

and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your

hand on her, and she will live.”

Mt. 9:19 Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.

Mt. 9:20 Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for

twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his

cloak.

Mt. 9:21 She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be

healed.”

Mt. 9:22 Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said,

“your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from

that moment.

Mt. 9:23 When Jesus entered the ruler’s house and saw the flute

players and the noisy crowd,

Mt. 9:24 he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they

laughed at him.

Mt. 9:25 After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took

the girl by the hand, and she got up.

Mt. 9:26 News of this spread through all that region.

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Mt. 9:27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him,

calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

Mt. 9:28 When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and

he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”

“Yes, Lord,” they replied.

Mt. 9:29 Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith

will it be done to you”;

Mt. 9:30 and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, “See

that no-one knows about this.”

Mt. 9:31 But they went out and spread the news about him all over

that region.

Mt. 9:32 While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed

and could not talk was brought to Jesus.

Mt. 9:33 And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been

mute spoke. The crowd was amazed and said, “Nothing like

this has ever been seen in Israel.”

Mt. 9:34 But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that he

drives out demons.”

Mt. 9:35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in

their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom

and healing every disease and sickness.

Mt. 9:36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them,

because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a

shepherd.

Mt. 9:37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the

workers are few.

Mt. 9:38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers

into his harvest field.”