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Matthew - ch 9 v 1 - 20
- And having gone to the boat, he passed over, and came to his own city,
- and 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.'
- And lo, certain of the scribes said within themselves, `This one doth speak evil.'
- And Jesus, having known their thoughts, said, `Why think ye evil in your hearts?
- for which is easier? to say, The sins have been forgiven to thee; or to say, Rise, and walk?
- `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.'
- And he, having risen, went to his house,
- and the multitudes having seen, wondered, and glorified God, who did give such power to men.
- And 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.
- And 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,
- and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, `Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?'
- And Jesus having heard, said to them, `They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;
- but 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.'
- Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, `Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?'
- And 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.
- `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.
- `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.'
- While 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.'
- And Jesus having risen, did follow him, also his disciples,
- and lo, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, having come to him behind, did touch the fringe of his garments,
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