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Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 9

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Chapter 9 of Matthew—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the sea and came to 1His own city.
  2. 2And they brought to Him a 3paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “4Take courage, [a]son; 5your sins are forgiven.”
  3. And some of the scribes said [b]to themselves, “This fellow 6blasphemes.”
  4. And Jesus 7knowing their thoughts said, “Why are you thinking evil in your hearts?
  5. Which is easier, to say, ‘8Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, and walk’?
  6. But so that you may know that 9the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He *said to the 10paralytic, “Get up, pick up your bed and go home.”
  7. And he got up and [c]went home.
  8. But when the crowds saw this, they were [d]awestruck, and 11glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
  9. 12As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called 13Matthew, sitting in the tax collector’s booth; and He *said to him, “14Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.
  10. ¶ Then it happened that as [e]Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and [f]sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.
  11. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “15Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”
  12. But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not 16those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.
  13. But go and learn [g]17what this means: ‘18I DESIRE [h]COMPASSION, [i]AND NOT SACRIFICE,’ for 19I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
  14. ¶ Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, “Why do we and 20the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
  15. And Jesus said to them, “The [j]attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
  16. But no one puts [k]a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for [l]the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.
  17. Nor do people 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.”
  18. 21While He was saying these things to them, [m]a synagogue [n]official came and [o]22bowed down before Him, and said, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”
  19. Jesus got up and began to follow him, and so did His disciples.
  20. ¶ And a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind Him and touched 23the [p]fringe of His [q]cloak;
  21. for she was saying [r]to herself, “If I only 24touch His garment, I will [s]get well.”
  22. But Jesus turning and seeing her said, “Daughter, 25take courage; 26your faith has [t]made you well.” [u]At once the woman was [v]made well.
  23. ¶ When Jesus came into the [w]official’s house, and saw 27the flute-players and the crowd in noisy disorder,
  24. He said, “Leave; for the girl 28has not died, but is asleep.” And they began laughing at Him.
  25. But 29when the crowd had been sent out, He entered and 30took her by the hand, and the girl [x]got up.
  26. 31This news spread throughout all that land.
  27. ¶ As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, 32Son of David!”
  28. 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.”
  29. Then He touched their eyes, saying, “[y]It shall be done to you 33according to your faith.”
  30. And their eyes were opened. And Jesus 34sternly warned them: “See that no one knows about this!”
  31. But they went out and 35spread the news about Him throughout all that land.
  32. ¶ As they were going out, 36a mute, 37demon-possessed man [z]was brought to Him.
  33. After the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “38Nothing like this has [aa]ever been seen in Israel.”
  34. But the Pharisees were saying, “He 39casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”
  35. ¶ Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, 40teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.
  36. 41Seeing the [ab]people, He felt compassion for them, 42because they were [ac]distressed and [ad]dispirited like sheep [ae]without a shepherd.
  37. Then He *said to His disciples, “43The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
  38. Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit child
  2. ^ Lit among
  3. ^ Or departed
  4. ^ Lit afraid
  5. ^ Lit He
  6. ^ I.e. irreligious Jews
  7. ^ Lit what is
  8. ^ Or mercy
  9. ^ I.e. more than
  10. ^ Lit sons of the wedding place
  11. ^ Lit that which is put on
  12. ^ Lit that which fills up
  13. ^ Or one
  14. ^ Lit ruler
  15. ^ Or worshiped
  16. ^ I.e. tassel fringe with a blue cord
  17. ^ Or outer garment
  18. ^ Lit in herself
  19. ^ Lit be saved
  20. ^ Lit saved you
  21. ^ Lit from that hour
  22. ^ Lit saved
  23. ^ Lit ruler’s
  24. ^ Or was raised up
  25. ^ Or Let it be done; Gr command
  26. ^ Lit they brought
  27. ^ Lit ever appeared
  28. ^ Lit crowds
  29. ^ Or harassed
  30. ^ Lit thrown down
  31. ^ Lit not having

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Mt 4:13; Mr 5:21
  2. ^ Mt 9:2-8; Mr 2:3-12; Lu 5:18-26
  3. ^ Mt 4:24; 9:6
  4. ^ Mt 9:22; 14:27; Mr 6:50; 10:49; Jn 16:33; Ac 23:11
  5. ^ Mr 2:5, 9; Lu 5:20, 23; 7:48
  6. ^ Mr 3:28, 29
  7. ^ Mt 12:25; Lu 6:8; 9:47
  8. ^ Mt 9:2, 6; Mr 2:5, 9; Lu 5:20, 23; 7:48
  9. ^ Mt 8:20; Jn 5:27
  10. ^ Mt 4:24; 9:2
  11. ^ Mt 5:16; 15:31; Mr 2:12; Lu 2:20; 5:25, 26; 7:16; 13:13; 17:15; 23:47; Jn 15:8; Ac 4:21; 11:18; 21:20; 2Co 9:13; Ga 1:24
  12. ^ Mt 9:9-17; Mr 2:14-22; Lu 5:27-38
  13. ^ Mt 10:3; Mr 2:14; 3:18; Lu 6:15; Ac 1:13
  14. ^ Mt 8:22
  15. ^ Mt 11:19; Mr 2:16; Lu 5:30; 15:2
  16. ^ Mr 2:17; Lu 5:31
  17. ^ Mt 12:7
  18. ^ Ho 6:6
  19. ^ Mr 2:17; Lu 5:32; 1Ti 1:15
  20. ^ Lu 18:12
  21. ^ Mt 9:18-26; Mr 5:22-43; Lu 8:41-56
  22. ^ Mt 8:2
  23. ^ Nu 15:38; De 22:12; Mt 14:36; 23:5
  24. ^ Mt 14:36; Mr 3:10; Lu 6:19
  25. ^ Mt 9:2
  26. ^ Mt 9:29; 15:28; Mr 5:34; 10:52; Lu 7:50; 8:48; 17:19; 18:42
  27. ^ 2Ch 35:25; Je 9:17; 16:6; Eze 24:17
  28. ^ Jn 11:13; Ac 20:10
  29. ^ Ac 9:40
  30. ^ Mr 9:27
  31. ^ Mt 4:24; 9:31; 14:1; Mr 1:28, 45; Lu 4:14, 37; 5:15; 7:17
  32. ^ Mt 1:1; 12:23; 15:22; 20:30, 31; 21:9, 15; 22:42; Mr 10:47, 48; 12:35; Lu 18:38, 39; 20:41f
  33. ^ Mt 8:13; 9:22
  34. ^ Mt 8:4
  35. ^ Mt 4:24; 9:26; 14:1; Mr 1:28, 45; Lu 4:14, 37; 5:15; 7:17
  36. ^ Mt 12:22, 24
  37. ^ Mt 4:24
  38. ^ Mr 2:12
  39. ^ Mt 12:24; Mr 3:22; Lu 11:15; Jn 7:20f
  40. ^ Mt 4:23; Mr 1:14
  41. ^ Mt 14:14; 15:32; Mr 6:34; 8:2
  42. ^ Nu 27:17; Eze 34:5; Zc 10:2; Mr 6:34
  43. ^ Lu 10:2

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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