Matthew 9:16-38

16No man putteth a piece of new cloth to an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the tear is made worse.1 17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.2

18While he was speaking these things to them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. 19And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. 20And, behold, a woman, who was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: 21For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be healed. 22But Jesus turned himself about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee well. And the woman was healed from that hour. 23And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, 24He said to them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed at him. 25But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. 26And the fame of this went abroad into all that land.3

27And when Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us. 28And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith to them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yea, Lord. 29Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it to you. 30And their eyes were opened; and Jesus sternly charged them, saying, See that no man know it . 31But they, when they had departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. 32As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a demon. 33And when the demon was cast out, the dumb spoke: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. 34But the Pharisees said, He casteth out demons through the prince of the demons.

35And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they were faint, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.4 37Then saith he to his disciples, The harvest truly is plentiful, but the labourers are few; 38Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.