Matthew 9:12-22

12 But when Jesus heard this, He said, "It is not ¹those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.

13 "But go and learn ²what this means: '³I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,' for ⁴I 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 ⁵the 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 ⁶While He was saying these things to them, a synagogue official came and ⁷bowed 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 ⁸the fringe of His cloak;

21 for she was saying to herself, "If I only ⁹touch His garment, I will get well."

22 But Jesus turning and seeing her said, "Daughter, ¹⁰take courage; ¹¹your faith has made you well." At once * the woman was made well.

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Cross References 11

1. Mark 2:17; Luke 5:31
2. Matthew 12:7
3. Hosea 6:6
4. Mark 2:17; Luke 5:32; 1 Timothy 1:15
5. Luke 18:12
6. Matthew 9:18-26: {Mark 5:22-43; Luke 8:41-56}
7. Matthew 8:2
8. Numbers 15:38; Deuteronomy 22:12; Matthew 14:36; Matthew 23:5
9. Matthew 14:36; Mark 3:10; Luke 6:19
10. Matthew 9:2
11. Matthew 9:29; Matthew 15:28; Mark 5:34; Mark 10:52; Luke 7:50; Luke 8:48; Luke 17:19; Luke 18:42

Footnotes 16

[a]. Lit "what is"
[b]. Or "mercy"
[c]. I.e. more than
[d]. Lit "sons of the wedding place"
[e]. Lit "that which is put on"
[f]. Lit "that which fills up"
[g]. Or "one"
[h]. Lit "ruler"
[i]. Or "worshiped"
[j]. I.e. tassel fringe with a blue cord
[k]. Or "outer garment"
[l]. Lit "in herself"
[m]. Lit "be saved"
[n]. Lit "saved you"
[o]. Lit "from that hour"
[p]. Lit "saved"