printable version

Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

9

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. "Follow me," he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

10

While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" came and ate with him and his disciples.

11

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and `sinners'?"

12

On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

13

But go and learn what this means: `I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

18

While he was saying this, a ruler came and knelt before him and said, "My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live."

19

Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.

20

Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

21

She said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed."

22

Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that moment.

23

When Jesus entered the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd,

24

he said, "Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep." But they laughed at him.

25

After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.

26

News of this spread through all that region.

 

Previous:

previous discussion (1999)
previous discussion (2002)