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Matthew 9 Majority Standard Bible
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1 Jesus got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own town.
1 He entered into a boat and crossed over, and came into his own city.
2 Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven you.”
2 Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you.”
3 On seeing this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”
3 Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man blasphemes.”
4 But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Why do you harbor evil in your hearts?
4 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
5 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?
5 For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Get up, and walk’?
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, pick up your mat, and go home.”
6 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins—” (then he said to the paralytic), “Get up, and take up your mat, and go to your house.”
7 And the man got up and went home.
7 He arose and departed to his house.
8 When the crowds saw this, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
9 As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
9 As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.
10 Later, as Jesus was dining at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples.
10 As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
11 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
12 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
12 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
13 But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
14 Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
14 Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
15 Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
15 Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
16 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.
17 Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
17 Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”
18 While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
18 While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
19 So Jesus got up and went with him, along with His disciples.
19 Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples.
20 Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.
20 Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;
21 She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.”
21 for she said within herself, “If I just touch his garment, I will be made well.”
22 Jesus turned around and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that very hour.
22 But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, “Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.
23 When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
23 When Jesus came into the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd in noisy disorder,
24 “Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.
24 he said to them, “Make room, because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” They were ridiculing him.
25 After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.
25 But when the crowd was sent out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose.
26 And the news about this spread throughout that region.
26 The report of this went out into all that land.
27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
27 As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, “Have mercy on us, son of David!”
28 After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.
28 When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They told him, “Yes, Lord.”
29 Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”
29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.”
30 And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”
30 Then their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly commanded them, saying, “See that no one knows about this.”
31 But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout the land.
31 But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
32 As they were leaving, a demon-possessed man who was mute was brought to Jesus.
32 As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him.
33 And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
33 When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
34 But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”
34 But the Pharisees said, “By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.”
35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
35 Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
36 When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.”
38 Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest.”
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A tax collector sitting at the tax booth whom Jesus told 'Follow Me'; Matthew calls him Matthew, while Mark and Luke tell the same call and name him Levi, and Mark 2:14 calls Levi…
Cited in the guide: Matthew 9:9; Matthew 10:3; Mark 2:14
Cross references (37)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 4:13; Luke 8:37; Matthew 8:18; Mark 5:21; Revelation 22:11
- 2 Mark 2:1–12; Luke 5:18–26; Jeremiah 31:33–34; Matthew 9:22; Psalm 32:1–2
- 3 Matthew 26:65; Leviticus 24:16; Luke 5:21; Mark 14:64; John 10:33–36
- 4 Luke 6:8; Matthew 12:25; Revelation 2:23; Luke 9:46–47; Psalm 139:2
- 5 John 5:8–14; Mark 2:9–12; Acts 3:16; Luke 5:23–25; Acts 14:8–11
- 6 Isaiah 43:25; Matthew 9:5; 2 Corinthians 5:20; John 20:21–23; 2 Corinthians 2:10
- 8 Luke 7:16; Matthew 15:31; Acts 4:21; Mark 2:12; Luke 23:47
- 9 Luke 5:27–38; Mark 2:14–22; 1 Kings 19:19–21; Luke 19:2–10; Mark 3:18
- 10 Luke 5:29–32; Mark 2:15–17; 1 Timothy 1:13–16; Matthew 5:46–47; John 9:31
- 11 Matthew 11:19; Luke 5:30; Luke 15:1–2; Mark 2:16; 1 Corinthians 5:9–11
- 12 Luke 5:31; Revelation 3:17–18; Jeremiah 33:6; Luke 9:11; Mark 2:17
- 13 Mark 2:17; Luke 19:10; Hosea 6:6; Luke 5:32; Matthew 12:7
- 14 Luke 5:33–39; Mark 2:18–22; Matthew 6:16; Matthew 11:18–19; Luke 18:9–12
- 15 Revelation 19:9; Revelation 21:2; John 3:29; Acts 13:1–3; John 16:20–22
- 16 1 Corinthians 3:1–2; John 16:12; Psalm 125:3; 1 Corinthians 13:13; Isaiah 40:11
- 17 Job 32:19; Joshua 9:4
- 18 Luke 8:41–56; Mark 5:22–43; Matthew 8:2; 2 Kings 5:11; Luke 13:14
- 19 Acts 10:38; Matthew 8:7; John 4:34; Galatians 6:9–10
- 20 Luke 8:43–56; Mark 6:56; Matthew 14:36; Mark 5:25–43; Deuteronomy 22:12
- 21 Mark 5:26–33; Luke 8:45–47; Acts 19:12
- 22 Luke 7:50; Matthew 15:28; Matthew 9:2; Luke 8:48; Luke 17:19
- 23 2 Chronicles 35:25; Mark 5:35–40; Matthew 9:18–19; Luke 8:49–51; Matthew 11:17
- 24 Acts 20:10; John 11:11–13; John 11:4; 1 Kings 17:18–24; Isaiah 49:7
- 25 Mark 9:27; Mark 1:31; Mark 5:41; Luke 8:54; 2 Kings 4:32–36
- 26 Matthew 4:24; Matthew 14:1–2; Mark 1:45; Mark 6:14; Acts 26:26
- 27 Matthew 15:22; Matthew 20:30–31; Mark 10:46–48; Matthew 11:5; Luke 18:38–39
- 28 Mark 9:23–24; Matthew 8:2; Matthew 13:58; Matthew 9:22; John 11:40
- 29 Matthew 15:28; Mark 10:52; Matthew 9:22; Matthew 8:13; Matthew 20:34
- 30 Luke 5:14; Matthew 8:4; Luke 8:56; Matthew 12:16; Matthew 17:9
- 31 Mark 7:36; Matthew 9:26; Mark 1:44–45
- 32 Matthew 4:24; Matthew 12:22–24; Luke 11:14; Mark 9:17–27
- 33 Isaiah 35:6; Exodus 4:11–12; Mark 7:32–37; Luke 7:9; Luke 11:14
- 34 Luke 11:15; Mark 3:22; Matthew 12:23–24; John 3:20
- 35 Acts 10:38; Matthew 4:23–24; Luke 4:43–44; Mark 6:56; Matthew 11:5
- 36 Numbers 27:17; Mark 6:34; Jeremiah 50:6; Matthew 14:14; Ezekiel 34:3–6
- 37 Luke 10:2; Mark 16:15; 1 Corinthians 3:9; John 4:35–36; Matthew 28:19
- 38 Luke 10:1–2; Jeremiah 3:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:1; Acts 13:2; John 20:21
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By His own city here he means Capernaum. For that which gave Him birth was Bethlehem; that which brought Him up, Nazareth; that which had Him continually inhabiting it, Capernaum. This paralytic, however, was different from that one who is set forth in John.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For Christ called not the just nor the chaste to repentance, but the ungodly, and the licentious, and the unjust; His words being, "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." For the heavenly Father desires rather the repentance than the punishment of the sinner.
And not merely in works, but also in faith, has God preserved the will of man free and under his own control, saying, "According to thy faith be it unto thee;" thus showing that there is a faith specially belonging to man, since he has an opinion specially his own.
… all things are become new;" and "because our salvation is nearer than when we believed;" and because "the night is far spent, the day is at hand;" and because Thou wilt crown Thy year with blessing, sending the labourers of Thy goodness into Thy harvest, in the sowing of which others have laboured, sending also into another field, whose harvest …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For He said not, what we find Him saying after this, "Believe ye that I am able to do this?" because He had not as yet given proof of His power.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)