Matthew 9
1599 Geneva Bible
9 1 One sick of the palsy, is healed. 5 Remission of sins. 9 Matthew called. 10 Sinners. 17 New wine. 18 The ruler’s daughter raised. 20 A woman healed of a bloody issue. 28 Two blind men by faith receive sight. 32 A dumb man possessed is healed. 37 The harvest and workmen.
1 Then he [a]entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his [b]own city.
2 And (A)lo, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy laid on a bed. And Jesus [c]seeing their faith, said to the sick of the palsy, Son be of good comfort: thy sins are forgiven thee.
3 And behold, certain of the Scribes said with themselves, This man [d]blasphemeth.
4 But when Jesus saw their thoughts, he said, Wherefore think ye evil things in your hearts?
5 For whether is it easier to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Arise, and walk?
6 And that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority in earth to forgive sins (then said he unto the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go to thine house.
7 And he arose, and departed to his own house.
8 So when the multitude saw it, they marveled, and glorified God, which had given such authority to men.
9 ¶ (B)[e]And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man sitting at the [f]custom, named Matthew, and said to him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, behold, many Publicans and [g]sinners that came thither, sat down at the table with Jesus and his disciples.
11 And when the Pharisees saw that, they said to his disciples, Why eateth your Master with Publicans and sinners?
12 Now when Jesus heard it, he said unto them, The whole need not the Physician, but they that are sick.
13 But go ye and learn what this is, (C)I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but the (D)sinners to repentance.
14 ¶ (E)[h]Then came the disciples of John to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, and thy disciples fast not?
15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the [i]children of the marriage chamber 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 Moreover, no man pieceth an old garment with a piece of [j]new cloth: for that that should fill it up, taketh away from the garment, and the breach is worse.
17 Neither do they put new wine into old vessels: for then the vessels would break, and the wine would be spilt, and the vessels would perish: but they put new wine into new vessels, and so are both preserved.
18 ¶ (F)[k]While he thus spake unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is now deceased: but come and lay thine hand on her, and she shall live.
19 And Jesus arose and followed him with 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 in herself, If I may touch but his garment only, I shall be whole.
22 Then Jesus turned him about, and seeing her, did say, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole at that same moment.)
23 [l] Now when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the [m]minstrels and the multitude making noise,
24 He said unto them, Get you hence: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
25 And when the multitude were put forth, he went in and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
26 And this bruit went throughout all that land.
27 [n]And as Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, O son of David, have mercy upon us.
28 And when he was come into the house, the blind came to him, and Jesus said unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? And 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 gave them great charge, saying, See that no man know it.
31 But when they were departed, they spread abroad his fame throughout all that land.
32 ¶ (G)[o]And 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: then the multitude marveled, saying, The like was never seen in Israel.
34 But the Pharisees said, (H)He casteth out devils, through the prince of devils.
35 ¶ And (I)Jesus went about all cities and towns, teaching in their Synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
36 [p]But (J)when he saw the multitude, he had compassion upon them, because they were dispersed, and scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
37 Then said he to his disciples, (K)Surely the harvest is great, but the laborers are few.
38 Wherefore pray the Lord of the harvest, that he would [q]send forth laborers into his harvest.
Footnotes
- Matthew 9:1 Sins are the causes of our afflictions, and Christ only forgiveth them if we believe.
- Matthew 9:1 Into Capernaum, for as Theophylact saith, Bethlehem brought him forth, Nazareth brought him up, and Capernaum was his dwelling place.
- Matthew 9:2 Knowing by a manifest sign.
- Matthew 9:3 To blaspheme, signifieth amongst the divines to speak wickedly: and amongst the more eloquent Grecians, to slander.
- Matthew 9:9 Christ calleth the humble sinners unto him, but he condemneth the proud hypocrites.
- Matthew 9:9 At the customer’s table, where it was received.
- Matthew 9:10 The customers fellows which were placed by the Romans, after that Judea was brought into the form of a province, to gather the customs, and therefore of the rest of the Jews, they were called sinners, that is to say very vile men.
- Matthew 9:14 Against naughty emulation in matters indifferent.
- Matthew 9:15 An Hebrew kind of speech, for they that are admitted into a marriage chamber are as the nearest about the bridegroom.
- Matthew 9:16 Raw, which was never put to the fuller.
- Matthew 9:18 There is no evil so old and incurable, which Christ cannot heal by and by, if he be touched with true faith, but lightly as it were with the hand.
- Matthew 9:23 Even death itself giveth place to the power of Christ.
- Matthew 9:23 It appeareth that they used minstrels at their mournings.
- Matthew 9:27 By healing these two blind, Christ showeth that he is the light of the world.
- Matthew 9:32 An example of that power that Christ hath over the devil.
- Matthew 9:36 Although the ordinary pastors cease, yet Christ hath not cast off the care of his Church.
- Matthew 9:38 Word for word, cast them out: for men are very slow in so holy a work.
Mateo 9
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Jesús sana a un paralítico
9 Jesús se subió de nuevo a la barca y regresó a la ciudad donde residía.
2 Varios hombres le trajeron a un paralítico tendido en un camastro. Cuando Jesús vio la fe que tenían, dijo al enfermo:
―¡Ten ánimo, hijo! ¡Te perdono tus pecados!
3 «¡Blasfemia!» —pensaron algunos de los maestros religiosos que lo oyeron.
4 Jesús, que sabía lo que estaban pensando, les dijo:
―¿A qué vienen esos malos pensamientos? 5 Díganme, ¿qué es más difícil: sanar a un enfermo o perdonarle sus pecados? 6 Pues voy a demostrarles que tengo autoridad en la tierra para perdonar los pecados.
Entonces se dirigió al paralítico y le dijo:
―¡Levántate, recoge la camilla y vete a tu casa!
7 Y el paralítico se puso de pie y se fue a su casa.
8 Un escalofrío de temor sacudió a la multitud ante aquel milagro, y todos alababan a Dios por haberles dado tanto poder a los seres humanos.
Llamamiento de Mateo
9 Al salir del lugar, Jesús vio a Mateo, un cobrador de impuestos que estaba sentado junto a la mesa donde se pagaban los tributos.
«Sígueme», le dijo Jesús.
Mateo se levantó y se fue con él.
10 Ese mismo día cenó Jesús en su casa. Y junto con sus discípulos había muchos cobradores de impuestos y gente pecadora. 11 Al ver eso, los fariseos se indignaron.
―¿Por qué su Maestro anda con gente de esa calaña? —preguntaron a los discípulos.
12 Jesús alcanzó a oír aquellas palabras y les respondió:
―Porque los sanos no necesitan médico, y los enfermos sí. 13 Vayan y traten de entender el texto que dice: “Misericordia quiero, no sacrificios”, porque yo no he venido a llamar a los buenos, sino a los malos.
Le preguntan a Jesús sobre el ayuno
14 Un día los discípulos de Juan se le acercaron a preguntarle:
―¿Por qué tus discípulos no ayunan como los fariseos y nosotros?
15 ―¿Acaso pueden estar tristes los invitados a una boda mientras el novio está con ellos? —les preguntó Jesús—. ¡Claro que no! Pero llegará el momento en que les quitarán al novio y entonces sí ayunarán. 16 A nadie se le ocurre remendar un vestido viejo con una tela nueva, porque lo más probable es que la tela nueva se encoja y rompa la vieja, con lo cual la rotura se haría mayor. 17 Y a nadie se le ocurre echar vino nuevo en odres viejos, porque los odres se romperían, y se perderían el vino y los odres. El vino nuevo se debe echar en odres nuevos, para que ambos se conserven.
Una niña muerta y una mujer enferma
18 Apenas terminó de pronunciar estas palabras, cuando un jefe de los judíos llegó y se postró ante él.
―Mi hija acaba de morir —le dijo—, pero sé que resucitará si vas y la tocas.
19 Jesús y los discípulos se dirigieron al hogar del jefe judío. 20 Mientras iban, una mujer que llevaba doce años enferma de un derrame de sangre, se acercó por detrás y tocó el borde del manto de Jesús. 21 Ella pensaba que si lo tocaba sanaría. 22 Jesús se volvió y le dijo:
―Hija, tu fe te ha sanado. Vete tranquila.
Y la mujer sanó en aquel mismo momento.
23 Al llegar a la casa del jefe judío y escuchar el alboroto de los presentes y la música fúnebre, 24 Jesús dijo:
―Salgan de aquí. La niña no está muerta, sólo está dormida.
La gente se rio de Jesús, 25 y todos salieron. Jesús entró donde estaba la niña y la tomó de la mano. ¡Y la niña se levantó sana!
26 La noticia de este milagro se difundió por toda aquella región.
Jesús sana a los ciegos y a los mudos
27 Cuando regresaba de la casa del jefe judío, dos ciegos lo siguieron gritando:
―¡Hijo de David, apiádate de nosotros!
28 Al llegar a la casa, Jesús les preguntó:
―¿Creen que puedo devolverles la vista?
―Sí, Señor —le contestaron—; creemos.
29 Entonces él les tocó los ojos y dijo: —Hágase realidad lo que han creído.
30 ¡Y recobraron la vista!
Jesús les pidió encarecidamente que no se lo contaran a nadie, 31 pero apenas salieron de allí se pusieron a divulgar por aquellos lugares lo que Jesús había hecho.
32 Cuando se fueron los ciegos, le llevaron a la casa a un hombre que había quedado mudo por culpa de demonios que se le habían metido. 33 Tan pronto como Jesús los echó fuera, el hombre pudo hablar. La gente, maravillada, exclamó:
«¡Jamás habíamos visto algo semejante en Israel!».
34 En cambio, los fariseos decían:
«Él puede echar fuera demonios porque tiene dentro al mismísimo príncipe de los demonios».
Son pocos los obreros
35 Jesús recorría las ciudades y los pueblos de la región enseñando en las sinagogas, predicando las buenas nuevas del reino y sanando a la gente de sus enfermedades y dolencias. 36 Al ver a las multitudes, sintió compasión de ellas, porque eran como ovejas desamparadas y dispersas que no tienen pastor.
37 «¡Es tan grande la mies y hay tan pocos obreros!» —les dijo a los discípulos—. 38 «Pidan que el Señor de la mies consiga más obreros para sus campos».
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