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But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>Nor do <i>people</i> put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>Miracles of Healing</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>While He was saying these things to them, a <i>synagogue</i> official came and bowed down before Him, and said, My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>Jesus got up and <i>began</i> to follow him, and <i>so did</i> His disciples. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>And a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak; <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>for she was saying to herself, If I only touch His garment, I will get well. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>But Jesus turning and seeing her said, Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well. At once the woman was made well. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>When Jesus came into the officials house, and saw the flute-players and the crowd in noisy disorder, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>He said, Leave; for the girl has not died, but is asleep. And they <i>began</i> laughing at Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>But when the crowd had been sent out, He entered and took her by the hand, and the girl got up. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>This news spread throughout all that land. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, Have mercy on us, Son of David! <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>When He entered the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to Him, Yes, Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>Then He touched their eyes, saying, It shall be done to you according to your faith. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them: See that no one knows <i>about this!</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout all that land. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>As they were going out, a mute, demon-possessed man was brought to Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>After the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed, <i>and were</i> saying, Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>But the Pharisees were saying, He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>Then He said to His disciples, The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/9-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/matthew/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/matthew/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/matthew/9.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />But Jesus hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/matthew/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/matthew/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But when Jesus heard that, he said to them, They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />He heard the question and replied, "It is not men in good health who require a doctor, but the sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/matthew/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/matthew/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jesus having heard, said to them, 'They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/june_26_when_he_saw.htm">June 26. "When He Saw the Multitudes He was Moved" (Matt. Ix. 36). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"When He saw the multitudes He was moved" (Matt. ix. 36). He is able to be "touched with the feeling of our infirmities." The word "touched" expresses a great deal. It means that our troubles are His troubles, and that in all our afflictions He is afflicted. It is not a sympathy of sentiment, but a sympathy of suffering. There is much help in this for the tired heart. It is the foundation of His Priesthood, and God meant that it should be to us a source of unceasing consolation. Let us realize, more <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/june_26_when_he_saw.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/christs_encouragements.htm">Christ's Encouragements</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Son, be of good cheer.'--MATT. ix. 2. This word of encouragement, which exhorts to both cheerfulness and courage, is often upon Christ's lips. It is only once employed in the Gospels by any other than He. If we throw together the various instances in which He thus speaks, we may get a somewhat striking view of the hindrances to such a temper of bold, buoyant cheerfulness which the world presents, and of the means for securing it which Christ provides. But before I consider these individually, let <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/christs_encouragements.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/a_christlike_judgment_of_men.htm">A Christlike Judgment of Men</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'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.' --MATT. ix. 36. In the course of our Lord's wandering life of teaching and healing, there had naturally gathered around Him a large number of persons who followed Him from place to place, and we have here cast into a symbol the impression produced upon Him by their outward condition. That is to say, He sees them lying there weary, and footsore, and <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/a_christlike_judgment_of_men.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/soul-healing_first_body-healing_second.htm">Soul-Healing First: Body-Healing Second</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'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.'--MATT. ix. 6. The great example of our Lord's teaching in the Sermon on the Mount is followed, in this and the preceding chapter, by a similar collection of His works of healing. These are divided into three groups, each consisting of three members. This miracle is the last of the second triad, of which the other two members are the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/soul-healing_first_body-healing_second.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_touch_of_faith_and.htm">The Touch of Faith and the Touch of Christ</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'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, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_touch_of_faith_and.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_call_of_matthew.htm">The Call of Matthew</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'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 href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_call_of_matthew.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_60_1914/the_compassion_of_jesus.htm">The Compassion of Jesus</a><br></span><span class="snippet">THIS is said of Christ Jesus several times in the New Testament. The original word is a very remarkable one. It is not found in classic Greek. It is not found in the Septuagint. The fact is, it was a word coined by the evangelists themselves. They did not find one in the whole Greek language that suited their purpose, and therefore they had to make one. It is expressive of the deepest emotion; a striving of the bowels--a yearning of the innermost nature with pity. As the dictionaries tell us-- Ex <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_60_1914/the_compassion_of_jesus.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 60: 1914</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/murray/the_ministry_of_intercession/eleventh_day_for_more_labourers.htm">Eleventh Day for More Labourers</a><br></span><span class="snippet">WHAT TO PRAY.--For more Labourers "Pray ye the Lord of the harvest, that He send forth labourers into His harvest."--MATT. ix. 38. What a remarkable call of the Lord Jesus for help from His disciples in getting the need supplied. What an honour put upon prayer. What a proof that God wants prayer and will hear it. Pray for labourers, for all students in theological seminaries, training homes, Bible institutes, that they may not go, unless He fits them and sends them forth; that our churches may <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/murray/the_ministry_of_intercession/eleventh_day_for_more_labourers.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Andrew Murray—</span><span class="citation2">The Ministry of Intercession</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/baring-gould/the_village_pulpit_volume_ii_trinity_to_advent/lxi_dread_of_ridicule.htm">Dread of Ridicule. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">24th Sunday after Trinity. S. Matt. ix. 24. "And they laughed Him to scorn." INTRODUCTION.--"All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution" (2 Tim. iii. 12.) This is what S. Paul says. This is what everyone of you must make up your mind to, if you intend to live godly lives, and, moreover, to live in Christ. Do you know what that meant to the early Christians? It meant that if they were going to be firm in their faith, live up to their profession, and eschew evil, they should <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/baring-gould/the_village_pulpit_volume_ii_trinity_to_advent/lxi_dread_of_ridicule.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">S. Baring-Gould—</span><span class="citation2">The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/baring-gould/the_village_pulpit_volume_ii_trinity_to_advent/lvi_evil_thoughts.htm">Evil Thoughts. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">19th Sunday after Trinity. S. Matt. ix. 4. "Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?" INTRODUCTION.--Thoughts are only thoughts! who is to beheld accountable for them? They are clouds blown about by fancy, taking various shapes. God is not so hard as to judge us for our thoughts; He will try us by what we have done, not by what we have dreamed. No garden is without weeds; there are tares in every cornfield. Who speak thus? Is it those who are conscientious and scrupulous to drive away evil thoughts? <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/baring-gould/the_village_pulpit_volume_ii_trinity_to_advent/lvi_evil_thoughts.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">S. Baring-Gould—</span><span class="citation2">The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/the_water_of_life_and_other_sermons/sermon_xix_civilized_barbarism_preached.htm">Civilized Barbarism (Preached for the Bishop of London's Fund, at St. John's Church, Notting Hill, June 1866. )</a><br></span><span class="snippet">ST. MATTHEW ix. 12. They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. I have been honoured by an invitation to preach on behalf of the Bishop of London's Fund for providing for the spiritual wants of this metropolis. By the bishop, and a large number of landowners, employers of labour, and others who were aware of the increasing heathendom of the richest and happiest city of the world, it was agreed that, if possible, a million sterling should be raised during the next ten years, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/the_water_of_life_and_other_sermons/sermon_xix_civilized_barbarism_preached.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Kingsley—</span><span class="citation2">The Water of Life and Other Sermons</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/9-12.htm">Matthew 9:12 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/matthew/9-12.htm">Matthew 9:12 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/matthew/9-12.htm">Matthew 9:12 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/matthew/9-12.htm">Matthew 9:12 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/matthew/9-12.htm">Matthew 9:12 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/9-12.htm">Matthew 9:12 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/matthew/9-12.htm">Matthew 9:12 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/9-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 9:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 9:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/9-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 9:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 9:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/matthew/9-12.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>