Matthew 9:14-26

New American Standard Bible

The Question about Fasting

¹⁴ Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, “Why do we and ^(A)the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?” ¹⁵ And Jesus said to them, “The ^[a]attendants of the groom cannot mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. ¹⁶ But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for ^[b]the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. ¹⁷ Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

Miracles of Healing

^18 (B)While He was saying these things to them, behold, ^[c]a synagogue ^[d]official came and ^[e](C)bowed down before Him, and said, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will become alive again.” ¹⁹ Jesus got up from the table and began to accompany him, along with His disciples.

²⁰ And behold, a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind Him, and touched ^(D)the ^[f]border of His ^[g]cloak; ²¹ for she was ^[h]saying ^[i]to herself, “If I only ^(E)touch His cloak, I will ^[j]get well.” ²² But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, “Daughter, ^(F)take courage; ^(G)your faith has ^[k]made you well.” And ^[l]at once the woman was ^[m]made well.

²³ When Jesus came into the ^[n]official’s house and saw ^(H)the flute players and the crowd in noisy disorder, ²⁴ He said, “Leave; for the girl ^(I)has not died, but is asleep.” And they began laughing at Him. ²⁵ But ^(J)when the crowd had been sent out, He entered and ^(K)took her by the hand, and the girl ^[o]got up. ²⁶ And ^(L)this news spread throughout that land.