Matthew 9:18-10:8

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Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman^(A)

¹⁸ While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him^(B) and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her,^(C) 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.^{(D) 21} She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.”

²² Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart,^(E) daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.”^(F) And the woman was healed at that moment.^(G)

²³ When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes,^{(H) 24} he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead^(I) but asleep.”^(J) 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.^{(K) 26} News of this spread through all that region.^(L)

Jesus Heals the Blind and the Mute

²⁷ As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”^(M)

²⁸ When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”

“Yes, Lord,” they replied.^(N)

²⁹ Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”;^{(O) 30} and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one knows about this.”^{(P) 31} But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.^(Q)

³² While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed^(R) and could not talk^(S) was brought to Jesus. ³³ And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowd was amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”^(T)

³⁴ But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons.”^(U)

The Workers Are Few

³⁵ Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.^{(V) 36} When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them,^(W) because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.^{(X) 37} Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest^(Y) is plentiful but the workers are few.^{(Z) 38} Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve^{(AA)(AB)(AC)(AD)(AE)}

10 Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits^(AF) and to heal every disease and sickness.^(AG)

² These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; ³ Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ⁴ Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.^(AH)

⁵ These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.^{(AI) 6} Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.^{(AJ) 7} As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven^(AK) has come near.’ ⁸ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,^[a] drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.