医治瘫子

耶稣坐船回到湖对岸自己住的城镇。

有人用担架把一个瘫子抬到耶稣面前。耶稣看见他们的信心,就对瘫子说:“孩子,放心吧!你的罪得到赦免了。”

几个律法教师听了,心里想:“这个人是在亵渎上帝。”

耶稣知道他们的心思,就说:“你们为什么心怀恶念呢? 说‘你的罪得到赦免了’容易呢?还是说‘你起来行走’容易呢? 如今我要让你们知道人子在世上有赦罪的权柄。”于是祂对瘫子说:“起来!收拾你的担架回家去吧。”

那人立刻站起来,回家去了。 看见的人都充满了敬畏,就赞美把这样的权柄赐给人的上帝。

呼召马太

耶稣离开那里往前走,看见一个名叫马太的人坐在收税站里,便对他说:“跟从我!”马太就站起来跟从了耶稣。

10 耶稣在马太家里坐席的时候,很多税吏和罪人前来跟耶稣和祂的门徒一起坐席。 11 法利赛人看见了,就质问耶稣的门徒:“你们的老师为何跟税吏和罪人一起吃饭?” 12 耶稣听见后,答道:“健康的人不需要医生,有病的人才需要。 13 圣经上说,‘我喜爱怜悯之心,而非祭物’,你们去揣摩这句话的意思吧。我来不是要召义人,乃是要召罪人。”

禁食的问题

14 那时,约翰的门徒来问耶稣:“我们和法利赛人常常禁食,为什么你的门徒不禁食呢?”

15 耶稣对他们说:“新郎和宾客还在一起的时候,宾客怎能悲伤呢?但有一天新郎将被带走,那时他们就要禁食了。

16 “没有人用新布缝补旧衣,恐怕新布会把旧衣扯破,破洞会更大。 17 也没有人用旧皮囊来盛新酒,否则皮囊会胀破,酒也漏了,皮囊也毁了。人们总是把新酒装在新皮囊里,以便两样都能保住。”

起死回生

18 当耶稣在说话的时候,来了一个管理会堂的人跪在祂面前,说:“我的女儿刚刚死了,请你去把手按在她身上,她就会活过来。” 19 耶稣和门徒就起身跟着他去了。 20 途中,有一个患了十二年血漏病的女人挤到耶稣的背后,摸了一下祂衣服的穗边, 21 因为她心想:“我只要摸到祂的衣服,病就会好。” 22 耶稣转过头来,看见她,就说:“女儿,放心吧,你的信心救了你。”就在那一刻,她的顽疾痊愈了。

23 耶稣来到管理会堂之人的家,看见殡葬的吹乐手和乱嚷嚷的人群, 24 就吩咐他们:“你们出去吧,这女孩并没有死,只是睡着了。”他们都讥笑祂。

25 耶稣让众人都出去,然后进去拉着女孩的手,女孩就起来了。 26 这件事传遍了整个地区。

医治瞎子和哑巴

27 耶稣从那里往前走,有两个瞎子跟着祂,高声呼叫:“大卫的后裔啊,可怜我们吧!”

28 耶稣进了房子,那两个瞎子来到祂面前。耶稣问他们:“你们相信我能做这事吗?”他们说:“主啊,我们相信。”

29 于是,耶稣摸他们的眼睛,并说:“照你们的信心成全你们吧。” 30 他们立刻得见光明。耶稣郑重地叮嘱他们:“不要张扬这件事。” 31 但他们出去后把祂所行的事传遍了那一带。

32 他们正要离去,有人带着一个被鬼附身的哑巴来见耶稣。 33 耶稣把鬼赶出去后,哑巴就能说话了。

众人都感到惊奇,说:“在以色列从未见过这样的事。”

34 法利赛人却说:“祂只不过是靠鬼王赶鬼。”

耶稣怜悯众人

35 耶稣走遍了各城各乡,在会堂里教导人,传讲天国的福音,医治各样的疾病。 36 祂看见众人,心里怜悯他们,因为他们困苦无助,好像没有牧人的羊。 37 耶稣对门徒说:“要收割的庄稼很多,工人却很少。 38 因此,你们要祈求庄稼的主人派更多的工人去收割。”

And Jesus, getting into a boat, crossed to the other side and came to His own town [Capernaum].

And behold, they brought to Him a man paralyzed and prostrated by illness, lying on a sleeping pad; and when Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralyzed man, Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven and the [a]penalty remitted.

And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, This man blasphemes [He claims the rights and prerogatives of God]!

But Jesus, knowing ([b]seeing) their thoughts, said, Why do you think evil and harbor [c]malice in your hearts?

For which is easier: to say, Your sins are forgiven and the [d]penalty remitted, or to say, Get up and walk?

But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins and [e]remit the penalty, He then said to the paralyzed man, Get up! Pick up your sleeping pad and go to your own house.

And he got up and went away to his own house.

When the crowds saw it, they were struck with fear and awe; and they [f]recognized God and praised and thanked Him, Who had given such power and authority to men.

As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s office; and He said to him, [g]Be My disciple [side with My party and follow Me]. And he rose and followed Him.

10 And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and [h][especially wicked] sinners came and sat (reclined) with Him and His disciples.

11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and those [preeminently] sinful?

12 But when Jesus heard it, He replied, Those who are strong and well (healthy) have no need of a physician, but those who are weak and sick.

13 Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy [that is, [i]readiness to help those in trouble] and not sacrifice and sacrificial victims. For I came not to call and invite [to repentance] the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God), but sinners (the erring ones and all those not free from sin).(A)

14 Then the disciples of John came to Jesus, inquiring, Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast [j]often, [that is, abstain from food and drink as a religious exercise], but Your disciples do not fast?

15 And Jesus replied to them, Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is still with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

16 And no one puts a piece of cloth that has not been shrunk on an old garment, for such a patch tears away from the garment and a worse rent (tear) is made.

17 Neither is new wine put in old wineskins; for if it is, the skins burst and are [k]torn in pieces, and the wine is spilled and the skins are ruined. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.

18 While He was talking this way to them, behold, a ruler entered and, kneeling down, worshiped Him, saying, My daughter has just [l]now died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will come to life.

19 And Jesus got up and accompanied him, with His disciples.

20 And behold, a woman who had suffered from a flow of blood for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His garment;(B)

21 For she kept saying to herself, If I only touch His garment, I shall be restored to health.

22 Jesus turned around and, seeing her, He said, Take courage, daughter! Your faith has made you well. And at once the woman was restored to health.

23 And when Jesus came to the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd making an uproar and din,

24 He said, Go away; for the girl is not dead but sleeping. And they laughed and jeered at Him.

25 But when the crowd had been ordered to go outside, He went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose.

26 And the news about this spread through all that district.

27 As Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed Him, shouting loudly, Have pity and mercy on us, Son of David!

28 When He reached the house and went in, 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 and trust and reliance [on the power invested in Me] be it done to you;

30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus earnestly and sternly charged them, See that you let no one know about this.

31 But they went off and blazed and spread His fame abroad throughout that whole district.

32 And while they were going away, behold, a dumb man under the power of a demon was brought to Jesus.

33 And when the demon was driven out, the dumb man spoke; and the crowds were stunned with bewildered wonder, saying, Never before has anything like this been seen in Israel.

34 But the Pharisees said, He drives out demons through and with the help of the prince of demons.

35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom and curing all kinds of disease and every weakness and infirmity.

36 When He saw the throngs, He was moved with pity and sympathy for them, because they were bewildered (harassed and distressed and dejected and helpless), like sheep without a shepherd.(C)

37 Then He said to His disciples, The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few.

38 So pray to the Lord of the harvest to [m]force out and thrust laborers into His harvest.

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 9:2 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  2. Matthew 9:4 Many manuscripts so read.
  3. Matthew 9:4 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  4. Matthew 9:5 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  5. Matthew 9:6 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  6. Matthew 9:8 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
  7. Matthew 9:9 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  8. Matthew 9:10 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
  9. Matthew 9:13 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  10. Matthew 9:14 Many manuscripts so read.
  11. Matthew 9:17 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  12. Matthew 9:18 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  13. Matthew 9:38 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.

And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.

And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.

And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

And he arose, and departed to his house.

But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.

And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.

20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:

21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.

22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,

24 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.

26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.

27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.

28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.

29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.

32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.

33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.

35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

And Jesus went up into a boat, and passed over the water, and came into his city.

And lo! they brought to him a man sick in palsy, lying in a bed. And Jesus saw the faith of them, and said to the man sick in palsy, Son, have thou trust; thy sins be forgiven to thee [Forsooth Jesus, seeing the faith of them, said to the man sick in palsy, Son, have trust; thy sins be forgiven to thee].

And lo! some of the scribes said within themselves, This blasphemeth.

And when Jesus had seen their thoughts, he said, Whereto think ye evil things in your hearts?

What is lighter to say, Thy sins be forgiven to thee, either to say [or to say], Rise thou, and walk?

But that ye know that man's Son hath power to forgive sins in earth, then he said to the sick man in palsy [then he said to the man sick in palsy], Rise up; take thy bed, and go into thine house.

And he rose, and went into his house.

And the people seeing dreaded [Soothly the companies seeing dreaded], and glorified God, that gave such power to men.

And when Jesus passed from thence, he saw a man, Matthew by name, sitting in a tollbooth. And he said to him, Follow thou me. And he rose, and followed him.

10 And it was done, while he sat at the meat in the house, lo! many publicans and sinful men came, and sat at the meat with Jesus and his disciples. [And it was done, him sitting at the meat in the house, lo! many publicans and sinful men coming sat at the meat with Jesus and his disciples.]

11 And the Pharisees saw, and said to his disciples, Why eateth your master with publicans and sinful men?

12 And Jesus heard, and said, A physician is not needful to men that fare well, but to men that be evil-at-ease. [And Jesus hearing said, A leech is not needful to men that fare well, but to men having evil.]

13 But go ye, and learn what it is, I will mercy, and not sacrifice; for I came, not to call rightful men [forsooth I came, not to call rightwise men], but sinful men to penance.

14 Then the disciples of John came to him, and said [Then the disciples of John came nigh to him, saying], Why we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

15 And Jesus said to them, Whether the sons of the spouse be able to mourn [Whether the sons of the spouse, or husband, may wail, or mourn], as long as the spouse is with them? But days shall come, when the spouse shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.

16 And no man putteth a patch of rough cloth [of rude, or new, cloth] into an old clothing [into an old cloth]; for it doeth away the fullness of the cloak [soothly it taketh away the plenty of it from the cloth], and a worse breaking is made.

17 Neither men put new wine into old bottles, else the bottles be broken, and destroyed, and the wine shed out. But men put new wine into new bottles, and both be kept.[a]

18 Whiles that Jesus spake these things to them, lo! a prince came, and worshipped him, and said [saying], Lord, my daughter is now dead; but come thou, and put thine hand on her, and she shall live [but come thou, and put thine hand upon her, and she shall live].

19 And Jesus rose, and his disciples, and followed him. [And Jesus rising followed him, and his disciples.]

20 And lo! a woman, that had a bloody flux twelve years, approached behind, and touched the hem of his cloak.[b]

21 For she said within herself, If I touch only the cloak of him[c], I shall be safe.

22 And Jesus turned, and saw her, and said, Daughter, have thou trust [Daughter, have trust]; thy faith hath made thee safe. And the woman was whole from that hour.

23 And when Jesus came into the house of the prince, and saw minstrels, and the people making noise,

24 he said, Go ye away [Go away], for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they scorned him.

25 And when the folk was put out, he went in, and held her hand; and the damsel rose [up].

26 And this fame went out into all that land.

27 And when Jesus passed from thence, two blind men crying followed him, and said, Thou son of David, have mercy on us. [And Jesus passing thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.]

28 And when he came into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them [Soothly when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus saith to them], What will ye, that I do to you? And they said, Lord, that our eyes be opened. And Jesus said, Believe ye, that I may do this thing to you [And Jesus said, Believe ye, that I may do this thing]? They said to him, Yea, Lord.

29 Then he touched their eyes, and said [saying], After your faith be it done to you.

30 And the eyes of them were opened. And Jesus threatened them, and said [saying], See ye, that no man know.

31 But they went out, and famed him through all that land.

32 And when they were gone out, lo! they brought to him a dumb man, having a devil.

33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb man spake. And the people wondered, and said, It hath not been seen thus in Israel [And the companies wondered, saying, It appeared never so in Israel].

34 But the Pharisees said, In the prince of devils he casteth out devils.

35 And Jesus went about all the cities and castles, teaching in the synagogues of them, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every languor and every sickness [and healing all languishing, or ache, and all sickness].

36 And he saw the people, and had ruth on them [Forsooth Jesus, seeing companies, had ruth on them]; for they were travailed, and lying as sheep not having a shepherd.

37 Then he said to his disciples, Soothly there is much ripe corn, but few workmen.

38 Therefore pray ye the Lord of the ripe corn, that he send workmen into his ripe corn.

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 9:17 Neither men put new wine into old bottles, or wine vessels, else the wine vessels be broken, and the wine is shed out, and the wine vessels perish. But men send new wine into new wine vessels, and both be kept.
  2. Matthew 9:20 And lo! a woman that suffered the flux, or running, of blood twelve years, nighed/came to behind, and touched the hem of his cloth.
  3. Matthew 9:21 If I shall touch only the cloth of him/If I shall touch only the clothes of him