Thematic Bible
Matthew 9:1 (show verse)
After getting into a boat, Jesus crossed to the other side and came to his own city.
Matthew 9:2 (show verse)
All at once some people brought him a paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he told the paralyzed man, "Be courageous, son! Your sins are forgiven."
Matthew 9:3 (show verse)
Then some of the scribes told themselves, "This fellow is blaspheming!"
Matthew 9:4 (show verse)
But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking, replied, "Why do you have such evil thoughts in your hearts?
Matthew 9:5 (show verse)
Which is easier: to say, "Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, "Get up and walk'?
Matthew 9:6 (show verse)
But so you will know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"" he told the paralyzed man, "Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go home!"
Matthew 9:7 (show verse)
So the man got up and went home.
Matthew 9:8 (show verse)
When the crowds saw this, they became frightened and glorified God for giving such authority to humans.
Matthew 9:9 (show verse)
As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's desk and told him, "Follow me." So he got up and followed him.
Matthew 9:10 (show verse)
While he was having dinner at Matthew's home, many tax collectors and sinners arrived and began eating with Jesus and his disciples.
Matthew 9:11 (show verse)
The Pharisees saw this and asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
Matthew 9:12 (show verse)
When Jesus heard that, he said, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do.
Matthew 9:13 (show verse)
Go and learn what this means: "I want mercy and not sacrifice,' because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."
Matthew 9:14 (show verse)
Then John's disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"
Matthew 9:15 (show verse)
Jesus asked them, "The wedding guests can't mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast."
Matthew 9:16 (show verse)
"No one patches an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.
Matthew 9:17 (show verse)
Nor do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill out, and the skins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."
Matthew 9:18 (show verse)
While Jesus was telling them these things, an official came up and fell down before him. "My daughter has just died," he said. "But come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."
Matthew 9:19 (show verse)
So Jesus got up and followed him, along with his disciples.
Matthew 9:20 (show verse)
Just then a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel of his garment,
Matthew 9:21 (show verse)
because she had been saying to herself, "If I just touch his robe, I will get well."
Matthew 9:22 (show verse)
When Jesus turned and saw her, he said, "Be courageous, daughter! Your faith has made you well." And from that very hour the woman was well.
Matthew 9:23 (show verse)
When Jesus came to the official's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,
Matthew 9:24 (show verse)
he said, "Go away! The young lady hasn't died, but is sleeping." But they ridiculed him with laughter.
Matthew 9:25 (show verse)
When the crowd had been driven outside, he went in, took her by the hand, and the young lady got up.
Matthew 9:26 (show verse)
The news of this spread throughout that land.
Matthew 9:27 (show verse)
As Jesus was traveling on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"
Matthew 9:28 (show verse)
When he had gone into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus asked them, "Do you believe I can do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord!"
Matthew 9:29 (show verse)
Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith, let it be done for you!"
Matthew 9:30 (show verse)
And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly told them, "See to it that nobody knows about this."
Matthew 9:31 (show verse)
But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that region.
Matthew 9:32 (show verse)
As the men were going out, a man who couldn't talk because he was demon-possessed was brought to him.
Matthew 9:33 (show verse)
As soon as 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!"
Matthew 9:34 (show verse)
But the Pharisees kept saying, "He drives out demons by the ruler of demons."
Matthew 9:35 (show verse)
Then Jesus began traveling throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness.
Matthew 9:36 (show verse)
When he saw the crowds, he was deeply moved with compassion for them, because they were troubled and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 9:37 (show verse)
Then he told his disciples, "The harvest is vast, but the workers are few.
Matthew 9:38 (show verse)
So ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest."