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Chapter 9 recounts 5 of Jesus miracles, the calling of His disciple Matthew, and interactions with the Pharisees and John the Baptist’s disciples .

1. Jesus returns to Nazareth (his home town) and heals a paralytic . (verses 1-8)
   1. Jesus first forgives the paralytic man his sins.
   2. Several teachers of the law think this is blasphemy.
   3. Jesus rebukes them and then heals the paralytic.
2. Jesus calls the disciple Matthew to follow Him. (verses 9-13)
   1. Jesus calls a tax collector named Matthew to become His disciple.
   2. Jesus has dinner at Matthew’s house.
   3. Pharisees challenge Jesus’ disciples as to why he would eat with ‘sinners’.
   4. Jesus uses a doctor analogy to answer them about doctors treating the sick vs. the healthy.
3. Jesus answers a question from John the Baptist’s disciples about why His disciples do not fast. (verses 14-17)
   1. Jesus uses three analogies (involving wedding guests/bridegrooms, new cloth patch on old garment, and new wine/old wine-skins) to explain that since He was here on earth, it was not an appropriate time for mourning/fasting for the disciples.
4. Jesus heals a woman with a bleeding infirmity and raises a young girl from the dead. (verses 18-26)
   1. A synagogue ruler (Jairus) comes to Jesus to have Him come and heal his daughter.
   2. On the way to the rulers house, a woman with a bleeding infirmity is healed by touching Jesus’ clothes.
   3. Upon arriving at the house, Jesus tells the mourners that the girl is sleeping.  He raises her from the dead.
   4. The news of the girls healing spreads throughout the region.
5. Jesus heals two blind men and asks them not to tell anyone about it.  They tell people anyway.  (verses 27-31)
6. Jesus heals a mute, demon possessed man. The crowd is amazed, but the Pharisees say among themselves that He uses Satan’s power do drive demons out. (verses 32-34)
7. Jesus tours the local area teaching, preaching, and healing.  He sees the crowds as sheep without a shepherd.  His final thought in the chapter is how the ‘harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.’  (verses 35-38)

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Matthew Chapter 9

¹And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. ²And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. ³And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. ⁴And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? ⁵For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? ⁶But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. ⁷And he arose, and departed to his house. ⁸But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men. ⁹And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. ¹⁰And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. ¹¹And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? ¹²But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. ¹³But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. ¹⁴Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? ¹⁵And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. ¹⁶No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. 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. ¹⁸While he spake these things unto 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, which 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 whole. ²²But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. ²³And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, ²⁴He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. ²⁵But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. ²⁶And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. ²⁷And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us. ²⁸And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. ²⁹Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. ³⁰And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. ³¹But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. ³²As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. ³³And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. ³⁴But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils. 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 fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. ³⁷Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; ³⁸Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.