Matthew 9:1–12

A Paralytic Healed

¹Getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the sea and came to ^aHis own city.

^2aAnd they brought to Him a ^bparalytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “^cTake courage, ¹son; ^dyour sins are forgiven.”

³And some of the scribes said ¹to themselves, “This fellow ^ablasphemes.”

⁴And Jesus ^aknowing their thoughts said, “Why are you thinking evil in your hearts?

⁵“Which is easier, to say, ‘^aYour sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, and walk’?

⁶“But so that you may know that ^athe Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He said to the ^bparalytic, “Get up, pick up your bed and go home.”

⁷And he got up and ¹went home.

⁸But when the crowds saw this, they were ¹awestruck, and ^aglorified God, who had given such authority to men.

Matthew Called

^9aAs Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called ^bMatthew, sitting in the tax collector’s booth; and He said to him, “^cFollow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.

¹⁰Then it happened that as ¹Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and ²sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.

¹¹When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “^aWhy is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”

¹²But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not ^athose who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.