Matthew 9

Matthew 9:1-2

¹He entered into a boat and crossed over, and came into his own city. ²Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you.”

Friends bring a paralyzed man; Jesus first forgives his sins.

Matthew 9:3

³Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man blasphemes.”

Scribes silently accuse Jesus of blasphemy for forgiving sins.

Matthew 9:4-6

⁴Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? ⁵For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Get up, and walk’? ⁶But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins—” (then he said to the paralytic), “Get up, and take up your mat, and go to your house.”

Jesus exposes their thoughts and proves His authority by healing the paralytic.

Matthew 9:7-8

⁷He arose and departed to his house. ⁸But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

The man walks home; crowds glorify God who gave such authority to men.

Matthew 9:9-11

⁹As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him. ¹⁰As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. ¹¹When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Jesus calls Matthew the tax collector; Pharisees object to His eating with sinners.

Matthew 9:12-13

¹²When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do. ¹³But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Jesus says the sick need a physician and that He desires mercy, not sacrifice.

Matthew 9:14

¹⁴Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”

John’s disciples ask why Jesus’ disciples do not fast like they and the Pharisees.

Matthew 9:15-17

¹⁵Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. ¹⁶No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made. ¹⁷Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

While the bridegroom is present, fasting waits; new wine needs new wineskins.

Matthew 9:18

¹⁸While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”

A synagogue ruler kneels, saying his daughter has died, and asks Jesus to lay hands on her.

Matthew 9:19-21

¹⁹Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples. ²⁰Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; ²¹for she said within herself, “If I just touch his garment, I will be made well.”

On the way, a woman with chronic bleeding touches Jesus’ cloak, trusting she will be healed.

Matthew 9:22

²²But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, “Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.

Jesus turns, calls her daughter, and says her faith has made her well.

Matthew 9:23-24

²³When Jesus came into the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd in noisy disorder, ²⁴he said to them, “Make room, because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” They were ridiculing him.

At the house Jesus dismisses noisy mourners, saying the girl is sleeping.

Matthew 9:25-26

²⁵But when the crowd was sent out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose. ²⁶The report of this went out into all that land.

Jesus takes the girl’s hand; she rises, and news spreads through the land.

Matthew 9:27-28

²⁷As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, “Have mercy on us, son of David!” ²⁸When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They told him, “Yes, Lord.”

Two blind men call Jesus Son of David; He asks if they believe He can heal them.

Matthew 9:29-31

²⁹Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.” ³⁰Then their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly commanded them, saying, “See that no one knows about this.” ³¹But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.

According to their faith they see; Jesus charges silence, but they spread His fame.

Matthew 9:32-33

³²As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him. ³³When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”

Jesus frees a mute demoniac; crowds marvel that nothing like this has been seen in Israel.

Matthew 9:34

³⁴But the Pharisees said, “By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.”

Pharisees claim Jesus casts out demons by the prince of demons.

Matthew 9:35-38

³⁵Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. ³⁶But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd. ³⁷Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few. ³⁸Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest.”

Jesus teaches, preaches, and heals, then calls for prayer for harvest workers.

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