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Matthew 9:32-38
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The Healing of a Mute Person. 32 (A)As they were going out,[a] a demoniac who could not speak was brought to him, 33 and when the demon was driven out the mute person spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”(B) 34 [b]But the Pharisees said,(C) “He drives out demons by the prince of demons.”

The Compassion of Jesus. 35 [c](D)Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness. 36 (E)At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned,[d] like sheep without a shepherd. 37 [e](F)Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; 38 so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”

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Footnotes

  1. 9:32–34 The source of this story seems to be Q (see Lk 11:14–15). As in the preceding healing of the blind, Matthew has two versions of this healing, the later in Mt 12:22–24 and the earlier here.
  2. 9:34 This spiteful accusation foreshadows the growing opposition to Jesus in Mt 11 and 12.
  3. 9:35 See notes on Mt 4:23–25; Mt 8:1–9:38.
  4. 9:36 See Mk 6:34; Nm 27:17; 1 Kgs 22:17.
  5. 9:37–38 This Q saying (see Lk 10:2) is only imperfectly related to this context. It presupposes that only God (the master of the harvest) can take the initiative in sending out preachers of the gospel, whereas in Matthew’s setting it leads into Mt 10 where Jesus does so.
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