Matthew 9:9-26

Jesus Calls Matthew

9 ¹As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called ²Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.

10 And as Jesus^[a] reclined at table in the house, behold, many ³tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples.

11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ⁴"Why does your teacher eat with ⁵tax 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 ⁶what this means, ⁷'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For ⁸I came not to call the righteous, ⁹but sinners."

A Question About Fasting

14 Then ¹⁰the disciples of John came to him, saying, ¹¹"Why do we and ¹²the Pharisees fast,^[b] but your disciples do not fast?"

15 And Jesus said to them, ¹³"Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? ¹⁴The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and ¹⁵then 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 ¹⁶wineskins. 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 ¹⁷While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and ¹⁸knelt 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 ¹⁹who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched ²⁰the fringe of his garment,

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

22 Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, ²¹"Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well." ²²And instantly^[c] the woman was made well.

23 And when Jesus came to the ruler's house and saw ²³the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,

24 he said, "Go away, for ²⁴the girl is not dead but ²⁵sleeping." And they laughed at him.

25 But ²⁶when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and ²⁷took her by the hand, and the girl arose.

26 And the report of this went through all that district.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 9-17, see Mark 2:14-22; Luke 5:27-38
• 2. Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13
• 3. Matthew 11:19; See Matthew 5:46
• 4. [Luke 15:2]
• 5. [See ver. 10 above]
• 6. Matthew 12:7
• 7. Cited from Hosea 6:6; [Matthew 23:23; Mark 12:33]
• 8. [Luke 15:7; John 9:39]
• 9. 1 Timothy 1:15
• 10. Matthew 11:2; John 4:12">1John 4:12; Luke 11:1; John 1:35; John 3:25; John 4:1; [Acts 18:25; Acts 19:3]
• 11. [Matthew 15:2]
• 12. Luke 18:12
• 13. John 3:29
• 14. See Luke 17:22
• 15. [John 16:20]
• 16. Joshua 9:4
• 17. For ver. 18-26, see Mark 5:22-43; Luke 8:41-56
• 18. See Matthew 8:2
• 19. Leviticus 15:25
• 20. Matthew 14:36; Matthew 23:5; [Numbers 15:38, 39; Deuteronomy 22:12]
• 21. ver. 2; See Luke 7:50
• 22. Matthew 15:28; Matthew 17:18; [Matthew 8:13]
• 23. Revelation 18:22
• 24. [Acts 20:10]
• 25. John 11:4, 11
• 26. Acts 9:40
• 27. Mark 9:27; Acts 3:7; Acts 9:41

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek he
• [b]. Some manuscripts add much, or often
• [c]. Greek from that hour