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MATTHEW 9
the Pharisees saw this, they asked his
disciples, “Why does your teacher eat
with such scum?”
12 When Jesus heard this, he said,
“Healthy people don’t need a doctor—
sick people do.” 13Then he added, “Now
go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not
offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call
not those who think they are righteous,
but those who know they are sinners.”
A Discussion about Fasting
14One day the disciples of John the Bap-
tist came to Jesus and asked him, “Why
don’t your disciples fast like we do and
the Pharisees do?”
15Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests
mourn while celebrating with the
groom? Of course not. But someday the
groom will be taken away from them,
and then they will fast.
16 “Besides, who would patch old
clothing with new cloth? For the new
patch would shrink and rip away from
the old cloth, leaving an even bigger
tear than before.
17“And no one puts new wine into
old wineskins. For the old skins would
burst from the pressure, spilling the
wine and ruining the skins. New wine
is stored in new wineskins so that both
are preserved.”
Know, Grow, and Go
Nothing to Laugh About
Read Matthew 9:18-26.
In this passage, when Jesus told the
crowds the little girl was only sleeping,
they laughed. They thought no one
could bring her back to life. But nothing
is impossible for Jesus. Is that ever hard
for you to believe? Maybe it’s when you
need something no ordinary person
could do. But Jesus isn’t an ordinary
person. He’s the Son of God. Ask him to
show you that he has the power to make
impossible things possible.
saw her he said, “Daughter, be encouraged! Your faith has made you well.”
And the woman was healed at that
moment.
23When Jesus arrived at the official’s
home, he saw the noisy crowd and
heard the funeral music. 24“Get out!” he
told them. “The girl isn’t dead; she’s only
asleep.” But the crowd laughed at him.
25After the crowd was put outside, however, Jesus went in and took the girl by
Jesus Heals in Response
the hand, and she stood up! 26The report
to Faith
18As Jesus was saying this, the leader of this miracle swept through the entire
of a synagogue came and knelt before countryside.
him. “My daughter has just died,” he
said, “but you can bring her back to Jesus Heals the Blind
life again if you just come and lay your 27After Jesus left the girl’s home, two
blind men followed along behind him,
hand on her.”
19So Jesus and his disciples got up and shouting, “Son of David, have mercy
went with him. 20Just then a woman on us!”
28 They went right into the house
who had suffered for twelve years with
constant bleeding came up behind him. where he was staying, and Jesus asked
She touched the fringe of his robe, 21for them, “Do you believe I can make you
she thought, “If I can just touch his robe, see?”
“Yes, Lord,” they told him, “we do.”
I will be healed.”
22Jesus turned around, and when he
29Then he touched their eyes and said,
