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The Gospel of Matthew 9

9 After that, Jesus and his apprentices got into a boat. They sailed across the Sea of Galilee and arrived back in the city of Capernaum, where Jesus was living. 2 Some people brought to Jesus a man who could not move! He was lying on a sleeping pad. Jesus perceived that these people believed that he could heal the man. So, he said to the man who could not move, “Do not worry, young man. I forgive you for your sins!” 3 Some teachers of the Jewish law thought to themselves, “He is insulting God!” 4 Jesus realized what they were thinking. He said, “You should not be thinking what is wrong! 5 You may think that it is easy to claim to forgive other people for their sins, since it is difficult to prove whether this has happened. Similarly, you may think that it is difficult to tell someone who cannot move to stand up and walk around, since it is easy to prove whether this has happened. 6 However, I want you to know that God has authorized me, the Son of Man, to forgive people on earth for their sins.” So, he said to the man who could not move, “Stand up, carry your sleeping pad, and go home!” 7 Then, the man stood up and went home. 8 Once the large groups of people who were near Jesus saw what had happened, they felt afraid. Also, they praised God for enabling people to do such amazing things.

9 As Jesus was walking away from that place, he noticed a man whom people called Matthew. Matthew was sitting in the booth where the people came to pay him the taxes that the government required. Jesus said to him, “Come with me and be my apprentice!” So Matthew stood up and went with him as his apprentice. 10 Later, Jesus was feasting in Matthew’s home. Many people who collected taxes and other sinful people arrived! They feasted with Jesus and his apprentices. 11 When the Pharisees saw what Jesus was doing, they told Jesus’ apprentices, “Your instructor should not be feasting with people who collect taxes and other sinful people.” 12 Jesus learned what they said. He answered, “People who are well do not need a doctor. Rather, people who are sick need a doctor. 13 You should study and learn from what God has said in the Scriptures: ‘What I most want is that people treat each other mercifully, not that people present offerings to me.’ Much like that, I am here not to invite those who think they are righteous to come to me. Rather, I invite those who know that they have sinned to come to me.”

14 Sometime later, the apprentices of John the Baptizer visited Jesus. They asked him, “We and the Pharisees frequently do not eat in order to please God. However, your apprentices do not do so. Why not?” 15 Jesus answered, “The friends of the bridegroom do not grieve while the wedding celebration is still going on. However, some day the bridegroom will no longer be with his friends. Then they will not eat.

16 People do not place a piece of unshrunken cloth on old clothing in order to mend a hole. That is because, when they washed the garment, the new piece of cloth would shrink and completely rip out of the clothing. As a result, the hole would become even bigger! 17 Similarly, people do not put fresh wine into old skin bags to store it. If they did that, the skin bags would tear open because they would not stretch when the fresh wine fermented and expanded. That would ruin the skin bags, and the wine would spill out. On the contrary, people put fresh wine into new skin bags. That way, they do not ruin the wine and the bags.

18 As Jesus was speaking to John’s disciples, an important man arrived! He knelt before Jesus and said, “My daughter just died. Please come with me and touch her. That way, she will live again.” 19 Jesus and his apprentices stood up, and they went with the man. 20-21 20-21Now there was a woman who had been suffering for 12 years from a disease that caused continual bleeding. She thought, “Just touching Jesus’ robe will cure me.” So, she approached Jesus from behind, and she touched the hem of his robe. 22 After the woman touched Jesus’ robe, Jesus turned around and looked at her. He said to her, “Do not worry, young woman. Because you believed that I could heal you, you are now well.” At that very moment, the woman became well.

23 After that, Jesus arrived at the important man’s home. He saw people grieving there. Some people were playing instruments, and many people were making much noise. 24 He said to these people, “Leave! The young woman is not dead! She is only sleeping.” Then, the people made fun of him for saying that. 25 After those people left, Jesus went to where the girl was. He took hold of her hand, and she became alive again and stood up. 26 After that, people throughout that whole area heard about what Jesus had done.

27 When Jesus left the important man’s house, two men who were blind went with him. They were shouting, “You who are a descendant of King David, help us!” 28 After Jesus entered the house where he was staying, the blind men approached him. Jesus asked them, “Do you believe that I can heal you?” They answered, “Yes, Lord, we do!” 29 After they said that, he touched their eyes. He declared, “I will do for you what you have trusted me to do.” 30 Then, they could see. Jesus sternly told them, “Do not tell anyone about what just happened!” 31 However, after the two men left, they told people throughout that whole area about what Jesus had done.

32 While the two men were leaving, some people brought a man to Jesus! A demon was controlling him and keeping him from speaking. 33 Jesus drove the demon out of the man, and he was able to speak. What Jesus had done impressed the large groups of people who were nearby. They declared, “We have not seen anything like this before in our country Israel!” 34 However, the Pharisees declared, “It is the leader of the demons who enables this man to drive out demons!”

35 Jesus traveled to many of the cities and towns in that area. He instructed people when they gathered in the Jewish meeting places. He proclaimed the good news about God’s kingdom. He cured people who were sick in any way. 36 Jesus observed that the large groups of people who traveled wherever he went seemed upset and confused. They were like sheep who did not have a sheepherder to lead them and to take care of them. So, Jesus pitied them. 37 So he told his apprentices, “Many people are ready to believe in me, but there are only a few people whom I can send out to help them. 38 So pray to God, who wants all of those people to believe, and plead with him for more people who can go and help them.

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