Matthew 9:1–12

¹And going on board the ship, he passed over and came to his own city. ²And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, laid upon a bed; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Be of good courage, child; thy sins are forgiven. ³And behold, certain of the scribes said to themselves, This man blasphemes. ⁴And Jesus, seeing their thoughts, said, Why do ye think evil things in your hearts? ⁵For which is easier: to say, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Rise up and walk? ⁶But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (then he says to the paralytic,) Rise up, take up thy bed and go to thy house. ⁷And he rose up and went to his house. ⁸But the crowds seeing it, were in fear, and glorified God who gave such power to men.

⁹And Jesus, passing on thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, called Matthew, and says to him, Follow me. And he rose up and followed him. ¹⁰And it came to pass, as he lay at table in the house, that behold, many tax-gatherers and sinners came and lay at table with Jesus and his disciples. ¹¹And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax-gatherers and sinners? ¹²But Jesus hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.