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1 He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city. 2 *Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Yeshua [Salvation], seeing their trusting faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up! Your abstract sins ·miss the marks· are forgiven you.”
3 Behold, some of the Torah-Teachers said to themselves, “This man blasphemes.”
4 Yeshua [Salvation], knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? 5 For which is easier, to say, ‘Your abstract sins ·miss the marks· are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Get up, and walk?’ 6 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive abstract sins ·miss the marks·,” (then he said to the paralytic), “Get up, and take up your mat, and go to your house.”
7 He arose and departed to his house. 8 †But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
9 ‡As Yeshua [Salvation] passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew [Gift of Yah] sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him. 10 As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners ·devoted to missing the mark and without share in the goal· came and sat down with Yeshua [Salvation] and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees [Separated] saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your Rabbi ·Teacher· eat with tax collectors and sinners ·devoted to missing the mark and without share in the goal·?”
12 When Yeshua [Salvation] heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do. 13 But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire eleos ·merciful compassion in action·, not sacrifice,’ § for I came not to call the upright, but sinners devoted to sin ·miss the marks and be without share in the goal (and stained by definite crime vice)· to teshuvah ·complete repentance·.”
14 Then John [Yah is gracious]’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees [Separated] fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
15 Yeshua [Salvation] said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made. 17 Neither do people put new wine into old wine skins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wine skins, and both are preserved.”
18 While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
19 Yeshua [Salvation] got up and followed him, as did his disciples. 20 Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the tzitzit ·fringes· * on his outer garment; 21 for she said within herself, “If I just touch his garment, I will be made well.”
22 But Yeshua [Salvation], turning around and seeing her, said, “Daughter, cheer up! Your trusting faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.
23 When Yeshua [Salvation] came into the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder, 24 he said to them, “Make room, because the girl is not dead, but sleeping.”
They were ridiculing him. 25 But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose. 26 The report of this went out into all that land. 27 †‡As Yeshua [Salvation] passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, “Have mercy on us, son of David [Beloved]!”
28 When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Yeshua [Salvation] said to them, “Do you trust that I am able to do this?”
They told him, “Yes, Lord.”
29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your trusting faith be it done to you.” 30 Their eyes were opened. Yeshua [Salvation] strictly commanded them, saying, “See that no one knows about this.” 31 But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
32 §As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him. 33 When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel [God prevails]!”
34 *But the Pharisees [Separated] said, “By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.”
35 †Yeshua [Salvation] went about all the cities and the villages, ‡teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. 36 §But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38 Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest.”
* 9:2 (2-8) MP: Messiah serves the poor and needy who cannot repay in kind. This could reference a literal or spiritual condition or both. (Ps 72:12-13) † 9:8 (context 9:1-8)MP: God confirms His intention to raise up a Prophet like Moses, and put His words the mouth of His Prophet. (Deut 18:17-19) ‡ 9:9 (9-10) MPr: The King Messiah will be revealed to the congregation of Israel. And the children of Israel shall say to Him, “Come and be a brother to us, and let us go up to Jerusalem. And there we will together suck the meaning of Torah, as an infant its mother’s breast.” (Targum Song of Songs 8:1). (Song of Songs 8:1) § 9:13 . Quoted from Hos 6:6 * 9:20 Object Tzitzit ·Fringes·, see more at (Num 15:38-39 OU28) † 9:27 (27-30a) MP: Blind eyes are opened. (See also Is 29:18-19). (Is 35:5a) ‡ 9:27 (27-30a) MP: Heals the blind both physically and spiritually, both Jew or Gentile, removing them from darkness as a prison. (See also Is 9:1-2, 49:6). (Is 42:7 (context 5-9)) § 9:32 (32-33) MP: Mute mouth speaks praise. (See also Is 29:18-19). (Is 35:6b-7a) * 9:34 . MP: Messiah mocked and taunted. (Ps 89:51) † 9:35 . MP: Messiah bears (removes, heals) our “diseases, sickness, sorrows”. (Is 53:4) ‡ 9:35 . MP: The Shepherds, leader teachers, of Israel do not tend to their own people. (Eze 34:4) § 9:36 . MP: Unfit leaders means the people have no shepherd. (Eze 34:5)