Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic
1 So He got into a boat, crossed over, aand came to His own city.
2 aThen behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. bWhen Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.”
3 And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, “This Man blasphemes!”
4 But Jesus, aknowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
6 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—then He said to the paralytic, “Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”
7 And he arose and departed to his house.
8 Now when the multitudes saw it, they amarveled and glorified God, who had given such power to men.
Matthew the Tax Collector
9 aAs Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him.
10 aNow it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples.
11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with atax collectors and bsinners?”
12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
13 But go and learn what this means: a‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, bbut sinners, to repentance.”
Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting
14 Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, a“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
15 And Jesus said to them, “Can athe 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 bthen they will fast.
16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for1 the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse.
17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins1 break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed
18 aWhile He spoke 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 arose and followed him, and so did His adisciples.
20 aAnd suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and btouched the hem of His garment.
21 For she said to herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.”
22 But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, “Be of good cheer, daughter; ayour faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.
23 aWhen Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw bthe flute players and the noisy crowd wailing,
24 He said to them, a“Make room, for the girl is not dead, but sleeping.” And they ridiculed Him.
25 But when the crowd was put outside, He went in and atook her by the hand, and the girl arose.
26 And the areport of this went out into all that land.
Two Blind Men Healed
27 When Jesus departed from there, atwo blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, b“Son of David, have mercy on us!”
28 And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”
29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.”
31 aBut when they had departed, they1 spread the news about Him in all that2 country.
A Mute Man Speaks
32 aAs they went out, behold, they brought to Him a man, mute and demon-possessed.
33 And when the demon was cast out, the mute spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying, “It was never seen like this in Israel!”
34 But the Pharisees said, a“He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.”
The Compassion of Jesus
35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, ateaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease1 among the people.
36 aBut when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were1 weary and scattered, blike sheep having no shepherd.
38 aTherefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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