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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Matthew 9 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Matthew 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/8.htm" title="Matthew 8">◄</a> Matthew 9 <a href="../matthew/10.htm" title="Matthew 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/matthew/9.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, <span class="red">“Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, “This fellow is blaspheming!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, <span class="red">“Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="red">Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="red">But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.”</span> So he said to the paralyzed man, <span class="red">“Get up, take your mat and go home.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then the man got up and went home. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man.</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Calling of Matthew</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. <span class="red">“Follow me,”</span> he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>On hearing this, Jesus said, <span class="red">“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="red">But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hosea 6:6">a</a></sup></span> For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”</span></p> <p class="sectionhead">Jesus Questioned About Fasting</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Jesus answered, <span class="red">“How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="red">“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="red">Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”</span></p> <p class="sectionhead">Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Jesus turned and saw her. <span class="red">“Take heart, daughter,”</span> he said, <span class="red">“your faith has healed you.”</span> And the woman was healed at that moment.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>he said, <span class="red">“Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.”</span> But they laughed at him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>News of this spread through all that region.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Jesus Heals the Blind and the Mute</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, <span class="red">“Do you believe that I am able to do this?”</span></p><p class="reg">“Yes, Lord,” they replied.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Then he touched their eyes and said, <span class="red">“According to your faith let it be done to you”;</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, <span class="red">“See that no one knows about this.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed and could not talk was brought to Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>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.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons.”</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Workers Are Few</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Then he said to his disciples, <span class="red">“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="red">Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”</span></p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hosea 6:6</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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