Matthew 9:18–34

Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman

9:18–26pp—Mk 5:22–43; Lk 8:41–56

¹⁸While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him^b and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her,^c and she will live.” ¹⁹Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.

²⁰Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.^{d 21}She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.”

²²Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart,^e daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.”^f And the woman was healed at that moment.^g

²³When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes,^{h 24}he said, “Go away. The girl is not deadⁱ but asleep.”^j But they laughed at him. ²⁵After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.^{k 26}News of this spread through all that region.^l

Jesus Heals the Blind and the Mute

²⁷As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”^m

²⁸When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”

“Yes, Lord,” they replied.ⁿ

²⁹Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”;^{o 30}and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one knows about this.”^{p 31}But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.^q

³²While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed^r and could not talk^s was brought to Jesus. ³³And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowd was amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”^t

³⁴But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons.”^u