Matthew 9:1-17

1GettingG1684 into a boatG4143, Jesus crossedG1276 overG1276 the Sea of Galilee and cameG2064 to 1His ownG2398 cityG4172.

22And they broughtG4374 to Him a 3paralyzedG3885 manG3885 lyingG906 on a stretcherG2825. And seeingG3708 their faithG4102, JesusG2424 saidG3004 to the manG3885 who was paralyzedG3885, “4TakeG2293 courageG2293, 5sonG5043; 6your sinsG266 are forgivenG863.” 3And someG5100 of the scribesG1122 saidG3004 7to themselvesG1438, “ThisG3778 manG3778 is 8blasphemingG987!” 4And JesusG2424, 9perceivingG3708 their thoughtsG1761, saidG3004, “WhyG2444 are you thinkingG1760 evilG4190 in your heartsG2588? 5For whichG5101 is easierG2123, to sayG3004, ‘10Your sinsG266 are forgivenG863,’ orG2228 to sayG3004, ‘GetG1453 upG1453 and walkG4043’? 6But soG2443 thatG2443 you may knowG3609 that 11the SonG5207 of ManG444 hasG2192 authorityG1849 on earthG1093 to forgiveG863 sinsG266”--thenG5119 He saidG3004 to the 12paralyzedG3885 manG3885, “GetG1453 upG1453, pickG142 upG142 your stretcherG2825 and goG5217 homeG3624.” 7And he gotG1453 upG1453 and 13wentG565 homeG3624. 8But when the crowdsG3793 sawG3708 this, they wereG5399 14awestruckG5399, and they 15glorifiedG1392 GodG2316, who had givenG1325 suchG5108 authorityG1849 to menG444.

916As JesusG2424 wentG3855 on fromG1564 thereG1564, He sawG3708 a manG444 calledG3004 17MatthewG3102 sittingG2521 in the taxG5058 collector’sG5058 officeG5058; and He saidG3004 to him, “18FollowG190 Me!” And he gotG450 upG450 and followedG190 Him.

10ThenG2532 it happenedG1096 that as 19JesusG2424 was recliningG345 at the table in the houseG3614, beholdG2400, manyG4183 taxG5057 collectorsG5057 and 20sinnersG268 cameG2064 and began diningG4873 with JesusG2424 and His disciplesG3101. 11And when the PhariseesG5330 sawG3708 this, they saidG3004 to His disciplesG3101, “21WhyG1223G5101 is your TeacherG1320 eatingG2068 with the taxG5057 collectorsG5057 and sinnersG268?” 12But when Jesus heardG191 this, He saidG3004, “It is not 22thoseG3588 who are healthyG2480 who needG2192G5532 a physicianG2395, but thoseG3588 who are sickG2192G2560. 13NowG1161 goG4198 and learnG3129 2324whatG5101 this meansG1510: ‘25I desireG2309 26compassionG1656, 27ratherG3756 thanG2532 sacrificeG2378,’ for 28I did not comeG2064 to callG2564 the righteousG1342, but sinnersG268.”

14ThenG5119 the disciplesG3101 of JohnG2491 cameG4334 to Him, askingG3004, “WhyG1223G5101 do we and 29the PhariseesG5330 fastG3522, but Your disciplesG3101 do not fastG3522?” 15And JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “The 30attendantsG5207 of the groomG3567 cannotG1410G3361 mournG3996 as longG3745 as the groomG3566 is with them, can they? But the daysG2250 will comeG2064 whenG3752 the groomG3566 is takenG522 awayG522 from them, and thenG5119 they will fastG3522. 16But noG3762 oneG3762 putsG1911 a patchG1915 of unshrunkG46 clothG4470 on an oldG3820 garmentG2440; for 31the patchG4138 pullsG142 awayG575 from the garmentG2440, and a worseG5501 tearG4978 resultsG1096. 17NorG3761 do people putG906 newG3501 wineG3631 into oldG3820 wineskinsG779; otherwiseG1490 the wineskinsG779 burstG4486, and the wineG3631 poursG1632 outG1632 and the wineskinsG779 are ruinedG622; but they putG906 newG3501 wineG3631 into freshG2537 wineskinsG779, and bothG297 are preservedG4933.”