Matthew

治好瘫痪病人

1耶稣上了船，渡过海，来到自己的城里。

2有人用褥子抬着一个瘫子到耶稣跟前来。耶稣见他们的信心，就对瘫子说：「小子，放心吧！你的罪赦了。」

3有几个文士心里说：「这个人说僭妄的话了。」

4耶稣知道他们的心意，就说：「你们为什么心里怀着恶念呢？

5或说『你的罪赦了』，或说『你起来行走』，哪一样容易呢？

6但要叫你们知道，人子在地上有赦罪的权柄」；就对瘫子说：「起来！拿你的褥子回家去吧。」

7那人就起来，回家去了。

8众人看见都惊奇，就归荣耀与 神，因为他将这样的权柄赐给人。

呼召马太

9耶稣从那里往前走，看见一个人名叫马太，坐在税关上，就对他说：「你跟从我来。」他就起来跟从了耶稣。

10耶稣在屋里坐席的时候，有好些税吏和罪人来，与耶稣和他的门徒一同坐席。

11法利赛人看见，就对耶稣的门徒说：「你们的先生为什么和税吏并罪人一同吃饭呢？」

12耶稣听见，就说：「康健的人用不着医生，有病的人才用得着。

13经上说：『我喜爱怜恤，不喜爱祭祀。』这句话的意思，你们且去揣摩。我来本不是召义人，乃是召罪人。」

禁食的问题

14那时，约翰的门徒来见耶稣，说：「我们和法利赛人常常禁食，你的门徒倒不禁食，这是为什么呢？」

15耶稣对他们说：「新郎和陪伴之人同在的时候，陪伴之人岂能哀恸呢？但日子将到，新郎要离开他们，那时候他们就要禁食。

16没有人把新布补在旧衣服上；因为所补上的反带坏了那衣服，破的就更大了。

17也没有人把新酒装在旧皮袋里；若是这样，皮袋就裂开，酒漏出来，连皮袋也坏了。惟独把新酒装在新皮袋里，两样就都保全了。」

管会堂者的女儿和血漏的女人

18耶稣说这话的时候，有一个管会堂的来拜他，说：「我女儿刚才死了，求你去按手在她身上，她就必活了。」

19耶稣便起来跟着他去；门徒也跟了去。

20有一个女人，患了十二年的血漏，来到耶稣背后，摸他的衣裳 子；

21因为她心里说：「我只摸他的衣裳，就必痊愈。」

22耶稣转过来，看见她，就说：「女儿，放心！你的信救了你。」从那时候，女人就痊愈了。

23耶稣到了管会堂的家里，看见有吹手，又有许多人乱嚷，

24就说：「退去吧！这闺女不是死了，是睡着了。」他们就嗤笑他。

25众人既被撵出，耶稣就进去，拉着闺女的手，闺女便起来了。

26于是这风声传遍了那地方。

两个瞎子得医治

27耶稣从那里往前走，有两个瞎子跟着他，喊叫说：「大卫的子孙，可怜我们吧！」

28耶稣进了房子，瞎子就来到他跟前。耶稣说：「你们信我能做这事吗？」他们说：「主啊，我们信。」

29耶稣就摸他们的眼睛，说：「照着你们的信给你们成全了吧。」

30他们的眼睛就开了。耶稣切切地嘱咐他们说：「你们要小心，不可叫人知道。」

31他们出去，竟把他的名声传遍了那地方。

治好哑巴

32他们出去的时候，有人将鬼所附的一个哑巴带到耶稣跟前来。

33鬼被赶出去，哑巴就说出话来。众人都希奇，说：「在以色列中，从来没有见过这样的事。」

34法利赛人却说：「他是靠着鬼王赶鬼。」

耶稣的怜悯

35耶稣走遍各城各乡，在会堂里教训人，宣讲天国的福音，又医治各样的病症。

36他看见许多的人，就怜悯他们；因为他们困苦流离，如同羊没有牧人一般。

37于是对门徒说：「要收的庄稼多，做工的人少。

38所以，你们当求庄稼的主打发工人出去收他的庄稼。」

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

1Jesus got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own town.

2Just then some men broughtto Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”

3On seeing this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”

4But Jesus knewwhat they were thinking and said, “Why do you harbor evil in your hearts?

5Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

6But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

7And the man got up and went home.

8When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

Jesus Calls Matthew

9As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.

10Later, as Jesus was dining at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples.

11When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

12On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Questions about Fasting

14Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often,but Your disciples do not fast?”

15Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

The Patches and the Wineskins

16No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.

17Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

The Healing Touch of Jesus

18While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”

19So Jesus got up and went with him, along with His disciples.

20Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.

21She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.”

22Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that very hour.

23When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.

24“Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.

25After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.

26And the news about this spread throughout that region.

Jesus Heals the Blind and Mute

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

28After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.

29Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”

30And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”

31But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout the land.

32As they were leaving, a demon-possessed man who was mute was brought to Jesus.

33And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”

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

The Lord of the Harvest

35Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.

36When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

37Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

38Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.”