Matthew 9:38 | 1155
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On hear ing this , Jesus said , “ It is not the healthy who need a doc tor , but the sick . 13 But go and learn what this means : ‘ I de sire mer cy , not sac ri fice .’ a For I have not come to call the righ teous , but sin ners .”
Jesus Questioned About Fasting
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Then John ’ s dis ci ples came and asked him , “ How is it that we and the Phari sees fast of ten , but your dis ci ples do not fast ?”
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Jesus an swered , “ How can the guests of the bride groom mourn while he is with them ? The time will come when the bride groom will be tak en from them ; then they will fast .
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“ No one sews a patch of un shrunk cloth on an old gar ment , for the patch will pull away from the gar ment , mak ing the tear worse . 17 Nei ther do peo ple pour new wine into old wine skins . If they do , the skins will burst ; the wine will run out and the wine skins will be ru ined . No , they pour new wine into new wine skins , and both are pre served .”
Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman
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While he was say ing this , a syn a gogue lead er came and knelt be fore him and said , “ My daugh ter has just died . But come and put your hand on her , and she will live .” 19 Jesus got up and went with him , and so did his dis ci ples .
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Just then a wom an who had been sub ject to bleed ing for twelve years came up be hind him and touched the edge of his cloak . 21 She said to her self , “ If I only touch his cloak , I will be healed .”
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Jesus turned and saw her . “ Take heart , daugh ter ,” he said , “ your faith has healed you .” And the wom an was healed at that mo ment .
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When Jesus en tered the syn a gogue lead er ’ s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes ,
24 he said , “ Go away . The girl is not dead but asleep .” But they laughed at him . 25 Af ter the crowd had been put out side , he went in and took the girl by the hand , and she got up . 26 News of this spread through all that re gion .
Jesus Heals the Blind and the Mute
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As Jesus went on from there , two blind men fol lowed him , call ing out , “ Have mer cy on us , Son of Da vid !”
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When he had gone in doors , the blind men came to him , and he asked them ,
“ Do you be lieve that I am able to do this ?” “ Yes , Lord ,” they re plied .
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Then he touched their eyes and said , “ Ac cord ing to your faith let it be done to you ”; 30 and their sight was re stored . Jesus warned them stern ly , “ See that no one knows about this .” 31 But they went out and spread the news about him all over that re gion .
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While they were go ing out , a man who was de mon-pos sessed and could not talk was brought to Jesus . 33 And when the de mon was driv en out , the man who had been mute spoke . The crowd was amazed and said , “ Noth ing like this has ever been seen in Is ra el .”
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But the Phar i sees said , “ It is by the prince of de mons that he drives out demons .”
The Workers Are Few
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Jesus went through all the towns and vil lag es , teach ing in their syn a gogues , pro claim ing the good news of the king dom and heal ing ev ery dis ease and sickness . 36 When he saw the crowds , he had com pas sion on them , be cause they were ha rassed and help less , like sheep with out a shep herd . 37 Then he said to his disci ples , “ The har vest is plen ti ful but the work ers are few . 38 Ask the Lord of the har vest , there fore , to send out work ers into his har vest field .”
a 13 Hosea 6:6