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And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.

But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.

And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.

Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.

But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house.

And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man has no respect for God.

While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.

And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.

For which is the simpler, to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?

And he got up and went away to his house.

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?

Matthew 9

And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?

And he got into a boat and went across and came to his town.

And their keepers went in flight to the town and gave an account of everything, and of the men who had the evil spirits.

Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food.

But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.

And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.

And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.

And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.

And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill.

And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.