Matthew 9:10-20

10 Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.
11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "1Why * is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?"
12 But when Jesus heard this, He said, "It is not 2those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.
13 "But go and learn 3what this means: '4I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,' for 5I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

The Question about Fasting

14 Then the disciples of John came to Him, asking, "Why * do we and 6the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?"
15 And Jesus said to them, "The 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 a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for 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."

Miracles of Healing

18 7While He was saying these things to them, a synagogue official came and 8bowed 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 9the fringe of His cloak;

Cross References 9

  • 1. Matthew 11:19; Mark 2:16; Luke 5:30; Luke 15:2
  • 2. Mark 2:17; Luke 5:31
  • 3. Matthew 12:7
  • 4. Hosea 6:6
  • 5. Mark 2:17; Luke 5:32; 1 Timothy 1:15
  • 6. Luke 18:12
  • 7. Matthew 9:18-26: {Mark 5:22-43; Luke 8:41-56}
  • 8. Matthew 8:2
  • 9. Numbers 15:38; Deuteronomy 22:12; Matthew 14:36; Matthew 23:5

Footnotes 13

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