Matthew 9:18–34

Miracles of Healing

^18aWhile He was saying these things to them, ¹a synagogue ²official came and ^3bbowed down before Him, and said, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

¹⁹Jesus got up and began to follow him, and so did His disciples.

²⁰And a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind Him and touched ^athe ¹fringe of His ²cloak;

²¹for she was saying ¹to herself, “If I only ^atouch His garment, I will ²get well.”

²²But Jesus turning and seeing her said, “Daughter, ^atake courage; ^byour faith has ¹made you well.” ²At once the woman was ³made well.

²³When Jesus came into the ¹official’s house, and saw ^athe flute-players and the crowd in noisy disorder,

²⁴He said, “Leave; for the girl ^ahas not died, but is asleep.” And they began laughing at Him.

²⁵But ^awhen the crowd had been sent out, He entered and ^btook her by the hand, and the girl ¹got up.

^26aThis news spread throughout all that land.

²⁷As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, ^aSon of David!”

²⁸When He entered the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”

²⁹Then He touched their eyes, saying, “¹It shall be done to you ^aaccording to your faith.”

³⁰And their eyes were opened. And Jesus ^asternly warned them: “See that no one knows about this!”

³¹But they went out and ^aspread the news about Him throughout all that land.

³²As they were going out, ^aa mute, ^bdemon-possessed man ¹was brought to Him.

³³After the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “^aNothing like this has ¹ever been seen in Israel.”

³⁴But the Pharisees were saying, “He ^acasts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”