Matthew

1And having gone to the boat, he passed over, and came to his own city,

2and lo, they were bringing to him a paralytic, laid upon a couch, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, 'Be of good courage, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

3And lo, certain of the scribes said within themselves, 'This one doth speak evil.'

4And Jesus, having known their thoughts, said, 'Why think ye evil in your hearts?

5for which is easier? to say, The sins have been forgiven to thee; or to say, Rise, and walk?

6'But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power upon the earth to forgive sins — (then saith he to the paralytic) — having risen, take up thy couch, and go to thy house.'

7And he, having risen, went to his house,

8and the multitudes having seen, wondered, and glorified God, who did give such power to men.

9And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, 'Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

10And it came to pass, he reclining (at meat) in the house, that lo, many tax-gatherers and sinners having come, were lying (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples,

11and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, 'Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?'

12And Jesus having heard, said to them, 'They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;

13but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

14Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, 'Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?'

15And Jesus said to them, 'Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn, so long as the bridegroom is with them? but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast.

16'And no one doth put a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up doth take from the garment, and a worse rent is made.

17'Nor do they put new wine into old skins, and if not — the skins burst, and the wine doth run out, and the skins are destroyed, but they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.'

18While he is speaking these things to them, lo, a ruler having come, was bowing to him, saying that 'My daughter just now died, but, having come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.'

19And Jesus having risen, did follow him, also his disciples,

20and lo, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, having come to him behind, did touch the fringe of his garments,

21for she said within herself, 'If only I may touch his garment, I shall be saved.'

22And Jesus having turned about, and having seen her, said, 'Be of good courage, daughter, thy faith hath saved thee,' and the woman was saved from that hour.

23And Jesus having come to the house of the ruler, and having seen the minstrels and the multitude making tumult,

24he saith to them, 'Withdraw, for the damsel did not die, but doth sleep,' and they were deriding him;

25but, when the multitude was put forth, having gone in, he took hold of her hand, and the damsel arose,

26and the fame of this went forth to all the land.

27And Jesus passing on thence, two blind men followed him, calling and saying, 'Deal kindly with us, Son of David.'

28And he having come to the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus saith to them, 'Believe ye that I am able to do this?' They say to him, 'Yes, sir.'

29Then touched he their eyes, saying, 'According to your faith let it be to you,'

30and their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, 'See, let no one know;'

31but they, having gone forth, did spread his fame in all that land.

32And as they are coming forth, lo, they brought to him a man dumb, a demoniac,

33and the demon having been cast out, the dumb spake, and the multitude did wonder, saying that 'It was never so seen in Israel:'

34but the Pharisees said, 'By the ruler of the demons he doth cast out the demons.'

35And Jesus was going up and down all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every sickness and every malady among the people.

36And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd,

37then saith he to his disciples, 'The harvest indeed [is] abundant, but the workmen few;

38beseech ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he may put forth workmen to His harvest.'

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。」