c.
To forgive sins
9:1-8
Matt. 9
:1
9:1
And stepping into a boat, He crossed over and came to His
1aown city.
Matt. 9
:2
9:2
aAnd behold, they brought to Him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus,
1seeing their
bfaith, said to the paralytic, Take
ccourage, child; your
2sins are
dforgiven.
Matt. 9
:3
9:3
And behold, some of the
1scribes said within themselves, This man
2ablasphemes.
Matt. 9
:4
9:4
And Jesus,
1aknowing their
2thoughts, said, Why are you
bthinking evil things in your hearts?
Matt. 9
:5
9:5
For which is
1easier, to say, Your sins are forgiven, or to say,
2Rise and walk?
Matt. 9
:6
9:6
But that you may know that the
aSon of Man has
1authority on earth to
bforgive sins — then He said to the paralytic, Rise,
2ctake up your bed and
3go to your house.
Matt. 9
:7
9:7
And he
1rose and went away to his house.
Matt. 9
:8
9:8
And when the crowds saw
this, they
afeared and
bglorified God, who had given such authority to men.
4.
Rejoicing with the sinners
9:9-13
Matt. 9
:9
9:9
aAnd as Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man sitting at the tax office, called
1bMatthew, and He said to him,
2cFollow Me. And he rose and
3followed Him.
Matt. 9
:10
9:10
And as He was reclining
at table in the
1house, behold, many
2atax collectors and
bsinners came and reclined together with Jesus and His disciples.
Matt. 9
:11
9:11
And when the
1Pharisees saw
it, they said to His disciples,
2Why does your Teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?
Matt. 9
:12
9:12
Now when He heard
this, He said, Those who are strong have no need of a
1physician, but those who are
2ill.
Matt. 9
:13
9:13
But go and
1learn what
this means,
a"I desire
2mercy and not
bsacrifice,'' for I did not come to call the
3crighteous, but
dsinners.
5.
Being incompatible with religion
9:14-17
Matt. 9
:14
9:14
aThen the
bdisciples of John came to Him, saying,
1Why do we and the Pharisees
2cfast 3much, but Your
ddisciples do
4not fast?
Matt. 9
:15
9:15
And Jesus said to them, The
1sons of the bridechamber cannot mourn as long as the
2abridegroom is with them, can they? But
bdays will come when the bridegroom will be
3taken away from them, and then they will
cfast.
Matt. 9
:16
9:16
No one puts a patch of
1unfulled cloth on an
2old garment, for that which fills it up pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.
Matt. 9
:17
9:17
Neither do they put
1new wine into
2aold wineskins; otherwise, the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out, and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into
3bfresh wineskins, and both are preserved.
6.
Signs with dispensational significance repeated
9:18-34
Matt. 9
:18
9:18
1aAs He was speaking these things to them, behold, a
2ruler came and
bworshipped Him, saying, My daughter has just died, but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.
Matt. 9
:19
9:19
And Jesus rose and followed him, and
so did His disciples.
Matt. 9
:20
9:20
And behold, a woman who had been suffering from a
1ahemorrhage for
2twelve years
3approached from behind and touched the
4bfringe of His garment,
Matt. 9
:21
9:21
For she said within herself, If only I
atouch His garment,
1I will be
2healed.
Matt. 9
:22
9:22
And Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Take
acourage, daughter; your
bfaith has healed you. And the woman was healed from that hour.
Matt. 9
:23
9:23
And when Jesus came to the ruler's
1house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,
Matt. 9
:24
9:24
He said, Depart, for the girl has not died but is
asleeping. And they laughed scornfully at Him.
Matt. 9
:25
9:25
But when the
1crowd had been
aput out, He entered and
btook hold of her hand, and the girl
2rose up.
Matt. 9
:26
9:26
And this
areport went out into all that land.
Matt. 9
:27
9:27
aAnd as Jesus passed on from there, two
1blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, Have mercy on us,
2bSon of David!
Matt. 9
:28
9:28
And when He came into the
1house, the blind men came to Him; and Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to Him, Yes, Lord.
Matt. 9
:29
9:29
Then He
atouched their eyes, saying, According to your
bfaith, let it be
cdone to you.
Matt. 9
:30
9:30
And their
1aeyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them saying,
bSee that no one knows!
Matt. 9
:31
9:31
But they went out and
aspread reports about Him in all that land.
Matt. 9
:32
9:32
And as they were going out, behold, they brought to Him a
1adumb man possessed with a demon.
Matt. 9
:33
9:33
And when the demon was cast out, the dumb man
1aspoke. And the crowds marveled, saying, Never has
anything like this been
bseen in Israel.
Matt. 9
:34
9:34
But the Pharisees said, By the
1aruler of the demons He casts out the demons.
D.
The enlargement of the ministry
9:35—11:1
1.
The need of shepherding and reaping
9:35-38
Matt. 9
:35
9:35
And Jesus went about all the cities and the
avillages,
bteaching in their synagogues and preaching the
1gospel of the kingdom and healing
2every disease and every sickness.
Matt. 9
:36
9:36
And seeing the crowds, He was moved with
acompassion for them, because they were
1harassed and cast away like
2bsheep not having a shepherd.
Matt. 9
:37
9:37
Then He said to His disciples, The
1aharvest is great, but the workers few;
Matt. 9
:38
9:38
Therefore 1beseech the
2Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out
aworkers 3into His harvest.
