Matthew 9 (NET)

Matthew 9:1¹After getting into a boat he crossed to the other side and came to his own town.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 4:13Luke 8:37Mark 5:21Matt 7:6Matt 8:18Rev 22:11Matt 8:23

Matthew 9:2²Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 2:1-12Luke 5:18-26Jer 31:33-34Matt 9:22Luke 7:47-50Ps 32:1-2Col 1:12-14Jas 2:18Acts 19:12Matt 4:24

Matthew 9:3³Then some of the experts in the law said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 26:65Lev 24:16Luke 5:21John 10:33-36Luke 7:39-40Mark 14:64Mark 2:6-7Acts 6:11-13Mark 7:21Matt 7:29

Matthew 9:4⁴When Jesus perceived their thoughts he said, “Why do you respond with evil in your hearts?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 6:8Matt 12:25Rev 2:23John 16:30Luke 11:17Luke 9:46-47Ps 139:2Ps 44:21Heb 4:12-13John 2:24-25

Matthew 9:5⁵Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 5:8-14Mark 2:9-12Acts 3:16Luke 5:23-25Acts 14:8-11Acts 3:6-11Isa 35:5-6Acts 9:34John 5:17-18Acts 4:9-10

Matthew 9:6⁶But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then he said to the paralytic —“Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 43:25Matt 9:52 Cor 2:10John 20:21-23John 5:21-232 Cor 5:20Acts 5:31Acts 7:59-60Acts 9:34Col 3:13

Matthew 9:7⁷So he stood up and went home.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Matthew 9:8⁸When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 7:16Matt 15:31Acts 4:21Luke 17:15Luke 23:47Mark 2:12John 15:8Luke 5:25-26Acts 11:18Gal 1:24

Matthew 9:9⁹As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow me,” he said to him. So he got up and followed him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 5:27-38Mark 2:14-221 Kgs 19:19-21Luke 19:2-10Mark 3:18Acts 1:13Gal 1:16Matt 21:31-32Luke 6:15Matt 10:3

Matthew 9:10¹⁰As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 1:13-16Luke 5:29-32Mark 2:15-17John 9:31Matt 5:46-47

Matthew 9:11¹¹When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 11:19Luke 5:30Luke 15:1-2Mark 2:161 Cor 5:9-11Gal 2:15Heb 5:2Isa 65:5Luke 19:72 John 1:10

Matthew 9:12¹²When Jesus heard this he said, “Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 5:31Rev 3:17-18Jer 33:6Luke 9:11Mark 2:17Jer 17:14Ps 147:3Hos 14:4Jer 30:17Luke 8:43

Matthew 9:13¹³Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 2:17Luke 19:10Hos 6:6Luke 5:32Matt 12:71 Tim 1:13-16Prov 21:32 Pet 3:9Mic 6:6-8Matt 21:28-32

Matthew 9:14¹⁴Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 5:33-39Mark 2:18-22Matt 6:16Matt 11:18-19John 3:25Luke 18:9-12Prov 20:6John 4:1Matt 11:2

Matthew 9:15¹⁵Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot mourn while the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 19:9John 3:29Rev 21:2Acts 13:1-3Acts 14:23John 16:20-22Matt 25:1-10Ps 45:14-151 Cor 7:5Isa 22:12

Matthew 9:16¹⁶No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 3:1-2John 16:12Ps 125:31 Cor 13:13Isa 40:11

Matthew 9:17¹⁷And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the skins burst and the wine is spilled out and the skins are destroyed. Instead they put new wine into new wineskins and both are preserved.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Matthew 9:18¹⁸As he was saying these things, a leader came, bowed low before him, and said, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 8:41-56Mark 5:22-43Matt 8:22 Kgs 5:11Luke 13:14John 11:21-22John 11:32John 4:47-49Matt 9:24Acts 10:25-26

Matthew 9:19¹⁹Jesus and his disciples got up and followed him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:38Gal 6:9-10John 4:34Matt 8:7

Matthew 9:20²⁰But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 8:43-56Mark 6:56Matt 14:36Mark 5:25-43Deut 22:12Acts 5:15Lev 15:25-33Matt 23:5Acts 19:12Num 15:38-39

Matthew 9:21²¹For she kept saying to herself, “If only I touch his cloak, I will be healed.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 5:26-33Luke 8:45-47Acts 19:12

Matthew 9:22²²But when Jesus turned and saw her he said, “Have courage, daughter! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was healed from that hour.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 7:50Matt 15:28Matt 9:2Luke 17:19Luke 18:42Luke 8:48Mark 10:52Mark 5:34Matt 9:29Acts 14:9

Matthew 9:23²³When Jesus entered the leader’s house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 35:25Mark 5:35-40Luke 8:49-51Matt 9:18-19Jer 9:17-20Matt 11:17Acts 9:39Luke 7:32

Matthew 9:24²⁴he said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but asleep!” And they began making fun of him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 20:10John 11:11-131 Kgs 17:18-24Acts 9:40Isa 49:7Isa 53:3John 11:4Matt 27:39-43Ps 22:6-7

Matthew 9:25²⁵But when the crowd had been forced outside, he went in and gently took her by the hand, and the girl got up.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 9:272 Kgs 4:32-36Luke 8:54Mark 1:31Mark 5:41Acts 9:40-41Mark 8:23

Matthew 9:26²⁶And the news of this spread throughout that region.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 4:24Mark 1:45Matt 14:1-2Acts 26:26Mark 6:14

Matthew 9:27²⁷As Jesus went on from there, two blind men began to follow him, shouting, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 15:22Matt 20:30-31Mark 10:46-48Luke 18:38-39Matt 11:5Matt 17:15Matt 22:41-45John 7:42Luke 7:21Mark 11:10

Matthew 9:28²⁸When he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 9:23-24Matt 13:58Matt 8:2Matt 9:22John 11:26John 11:40Matt 8:14John 4:48-50Matt 13:36

Matthew 9:29²⁹Then he touched their eyes saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 15:28Mark 10:52Matt 9:22Matt 8:13Matt 20:34Matt 8:6-7John 9:6-7

Matthew 9:30³⁰And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them, “See that no one knows about this!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 5:14Matt 8:4Luke 8:56Mark 5:43Matt 12:16Matt 17:9Ps 146:8Isa 35:5Isa 52:13John 9:7-26

Matthew 9:31³¹But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that entire region.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 7:36Matt 9:26Mark 1:44-45

Matthew 9:32³²As they were going away, a man who was demon-possessed and unable to speak was brought to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 4:24Luke 11:14Mark 9:17-27Matt 12:22-24

Matthew 9:33³³After the demon was cast out, the man who had been mute began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “Never has anything like this been seen in Israel!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 35:6Exod 4:11-12Mark 7:32-372 Kgs 5:8Jer 32:20Luke 11:14Luke 7:9Matt 15:30-31Ps 76:1Mark 2:12

Matthew 9:34³⁴But the Pharisees said, “By the ruler of demons he casts out demons!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 11:15Mark 3:22Matt 12:23-24John 3:20

Matthew 9:35³⁵Then Jesus went throughout all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:38Matt 4:23-24Luke 4:43-44Mark 6:56Matt 11:5Acts 2:22Luke 13:22Mark 1:32-39Mark 6:6Matt 11:1

Matthew 9:36³⁶When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 27:17Mark 6:34Jer 50:6Ezek 34:3-6Matt 14:14Zech 10:22 Chr 18:16Matt 10:6Matt 15:241 Kgs 22:17

Matthew 9:37³⁷Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 10:2Mark 16:151 Cor 3:9John 4:35-36Matt 28:192 Cor 6:1Luke 24:47Acts 16:91 Thess 5:12-13Ps 68:11

Matthew 9:38³⁸Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest-ready fields.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 10:1-2Jer 3:152 Thess 3:1Acts 13:2John 20:211 Cor 12:28Acts 8:4Ps 68:11Mic 5:7Eph 4:11