1 And getting into a boat he crossed over and came tovch. 4:13; [Mark 2:1] his own city. 2 wFor ver. 2-8, see Mark 2:3-12; Luke 5:18-26 And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesusxver. 22, 29; ch. 8:10, 13; 15:28; Mark 10:52; Luke 7:9, 50; 17:19; 18:42; Acts 3:16; 14:9; James 5:15 saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, yver. 22 “Take heart, my son;zLuke 7:48; [John 5:14] your sins are forgiven. ” 3 And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves,ach. 26:65; John 10:36 “This man is blaspheming. ” 4 But Jesus,bch. 12:25; John 2:24, 25 knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? 5 For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven, ’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk ’? 6 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins ” —he then said to the paralytic— “Rise, pick up your bed and go home. ” 7 And he rose and went home. 8 When the crowds saw it,cSee Luke 7:16 they were afraid, andcSee Luke 7:16 they glorified God, who haddch. 28:18 given such authority to men.
9 eFor ver. 9-17, see Mark 2:14-22; Luke 5:27-38 As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man calledfch. 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13 Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me. ” And he rose and followed him.
10 And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, manygch. 11:19; See ch. 5:46 tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples,h[Luke 15:2] “Why does your teacher eat withg[See ver. 10 above] tax collectors and sinners? ” 12 But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 Go and learnich. 12:7 what this means,jCited from Hos. 6:6; [ch. 23:23; Mark 12:33] ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice. ’ Fork[Luke 15:7; John 9:39] I came not to call the righteous,l1 Tim. 1:15 but sinners. ”
14 Thenmch. 11:2; 14:12; Luke 11:1; John 1:35; 3:25; 4:1; [Acts 18:25; 19:3] the disciples of John came to him, saying,n[ch. 15:2] “Why do we andoLuke 18:12 the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast? ” 15 And Jesus said to them, pJohn 3:29 “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them?qSee Luke 17:22 The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, andr[John 16:20] then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made. 17 Neither is new wine put into oldsJosh. 9:4 wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved. ”
18 tFor ver. 18-26, see Mark 5:22-43; Luke 8:41-56 While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in anduSee ch. 8:2 knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live. ” 19 And Jesus rose and followed him, with his disciples. 20 And behold, a womanvLev. 15:25 who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touchedwch. 14:36; 23:5; [Num. 15:38, 39; Deut. 22:12] the fringe of his garment, 21 for she said to herself, “If I only touch his garment, I will be made well. ” 22 Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, xver. 2; See Luke 7:50 “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well. ” ych. 15:28; 17:18; [ch. 8:13] And instantly the woman was made well. 23 And when Jesus came to the ruler's house and sawzRev. 18:22 the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, 24 he said, “Go away, fora[Acts 20:10] the girl is not dead butbJohn 11:4, 11 sleeping. ” And they laughed at him. 25 ButcActs 9:40 when the crowd had been put outside, he went in anddMark 9:27; Acts 3:7; 9:41 took her by the hand, and the girl arose. 26 And the report of this went through all that district.
27 e[ch. 20:30-34] And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us,fch. 12:23; 15:22; 20:30, 31; 22:42; See ch. 1:1 Son of David. ” 28 When he entered 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 gMark 8:25; John 9:6 Then he touched their eyes, saying, hSee ver. 2 “According to your faith be it done to you. ” 30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, iSee ch. 8:4 “See that no one knows about it. ” 31 jMark 1:45; 7:36 But they went away and spread his fame through all that district.
32 As they were going away, behold, ak[ch. 12:22-24; Luke 11:14, 15] demon-oppressed man who was mutelSee ch. 4:24 was brought to him. 33 And when the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke. And the crowdsm[Mark 1:27] marveled, saying, “Never was anything like this seen in Israel. ” 34 But the Pharisees said, “He casts out demons by the prince of demons. ”
35 nSee ch. 4:23, 24 And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. 36 o[ch. 14:14] When he saw the crowds,pMark 6:34 he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless,qNum. 27:17; 1 Kgs. 22:17; Ezek. 34:5 like sheep without a shepherd. 37 rLuke 10:2; John 4:35 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefores[2 Thess. 3:1] pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest totch. 20:2; [Mark 1:12] send out laborers into his harvest. ”