Matthew 9:14-26

Christian Standard Bible

A Question about Fasting

¹⁴ Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?” ^(A)

¹⁵ Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests^[a] be sad while the groom is with them? The time^[b] will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. ¹⁶ No one patches an old garment with unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment and makes the tear worse. ¹⁷ And no one puts^[c] new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

A Girl Restored and a Woman Healed

¹⁸ As he was telling them these things,^(B) suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before him, saying, “My daughter just died,^[d] but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”^{(C) 19} So Jesus and his disciples got up and followed^(D) him.

²⁰ Just then, a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years approached from behind and touched the end of his robe,^{(E) 21} for she said to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I’ll be made well.”^[e](F)

²² Jesus turned and saw her. “Have courage, daughter,” he said. “Your faith has saved you.”^[f](G) And the woman was made well from that moment.^[g]

²³ When Jesus came to the leader’s house, he saw the flute players and a crowd lamenting loudly.^{(H) 24} “Leave,” he said, “because the girl is not dead but asleep.”^(I) And they laughed at him. ²⁵ After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl got up.^{(J) 26} Then news of this spread throughout that whole area.^(K)