Matthew 9:11-21

11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ¹"Why does your teacher eat with ²tax collectors and sinners?"

12 But when he heard it, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

13 Go and learn ³what this means, ⁴'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For ⁵I came not to call the righteous, ⁶but sinners."

A Question About Fasting

14 Then ⁷the disciples of John came to him, saying, ⁸"Why do we and ⁹the Pharisees fast,^[a] but your disciples do not fast?"

15 And Jesus said to them, ¹⁰"Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? ¹¹The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and ¹²then they will fast.

16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.

17 Neither is new wine put into old ¹³wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved."

A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed

18 ¹⁴While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and ¹⁵knelt before him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

19 And Jesus rose and followed him, with his disciples.

20 And behold, a woman ¹⁶who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched ¹⁷the fringe of his garment,

21 for she said to herself, "If I only touch his garment, I will be made well."