Matthew 8-10

Matthew 8

¹And when he had come down from the mountain, great numbers of people came after him.

²And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

³And he put his hand on him, saying, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away he was made clean.

⁴And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

⁵And when Jesus was come into Capernaum, a certain captain came to him with a request,

⁶Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.

⁷And he said to him, I will come and make him well.

⁸And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.

⁹Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

¹⁰And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

¹¹And I say to you that numbers will come from the east and the west, and will take their seats with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:

¹²But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.

¹³And Jesus said to the captain, Go in peace; as your faith is, so let it be done to you. And the servant was made well in that hour.

¹⁴And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill.

¹⁵And he put his hand on hers and the disease went from her, and she got up and took care of his needs.

¹⁶And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;

¹⁷So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.

¹⁸Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.

¹⁹And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go.

²⁰And 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.

²¹And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

²²But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.

²³And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him.

²⁴And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.

²⁵And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.

²⁶And 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.

²⁷And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

²⁸And 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.

²⁹And 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?

³⁰Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food.

³¹And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.

³²And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.

³³And their keepers went in flight to the town and gave an account of everything, and of the men who had the evil spirits.

³⁴And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.

Matthew 9

¹And he got into a boat and went across and came to his town.

²And 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.

³And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man has no respect for God.

⁴And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds, said, Why are your thoughts evil?

⁵For which is the simpler, to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?

⁶But 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.

⁷And he got up and went away to his house.

⁸But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.

⁹And 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.

¹⁰And 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.

¹¹And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?

¹²But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.

¹³But 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.

¹⁴Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

¹⁵And 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.

¹⁶And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.

¹⁷And 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.

¹⁸While 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.

¹⁹And Jesus got up and went after him, and so did his disciples.

²⁰And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe:

²¹Because, she said to herself, if I may but put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.

²²But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.

²³And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the players with their instruments and the people making a noise,

²⁴He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him.

²⁵But when the people were sent out, he went in and took her by the hand; and the girl got up.

²⁶And the news of it went out into all that land.

²⁷And when Jesus went on from there, two blind men came after him, crying out, Have mercy on us, you Son of David.

²⁸And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.

²⁹Then he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your faith is, let it be done to you.

³⁰And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it.

³¹But they went out and gave news of him in all that land.

³²And while they were going away, there came to him a man without the power of talking, and with an evil spirit.

³³And when the evil spirit had been sent out, the man had the power of talking: and they were all surprised, saying, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.

³⁴But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of evil spirits, he sends evil spirits out of men.

³⁵And Jesus went about all the towns and small places, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and making well all sorts of disease and pain.

³⁶But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.

³⁷Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.

³⁸Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.

Matthew 10

¹And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them the power of driving out unclean spirits, and of making well all sorts of disease and pain.

²Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;

³Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax-farmer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

⁴Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.

⁵These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria,

⁶But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,

⁷And, on your way, say, The kingdom of heaven is near.

⁸Make well those who are ill, give life to the dead, make lepers clean, send evil spirits out of men; freely it has been given to you, freely give.

⁹Take no gold or silver or copper in your pockets;

¹⁰Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.

¹¹And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away.

¹²And when you go in, say, May peace be on this house.

¹³And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you.

¹⁴And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.

¹⁵Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.

¹⁶See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

¹⁷But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

¹⁸And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

¹⁹But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

²⁰Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.

²¹And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

²²And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.

²³But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

²⁴A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.

²⁵It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!

²⁶Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear.

²⁷What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.

²⁸And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

²⁹Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them comes to an end without your Father:

³⁰But the hairs of your head are all numbered.

³¹Then have no fear; you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.

³²To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven.

³³But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.

³⁴Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.

³⁵For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:

³⁶And a man will be hated by those of his house.

³⁷He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

³⁸And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.

³⁹He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

⁴⁰He who gives honour to you gives honour to me; and he who gives honour to me gives honour to him who sent me.

⁴¹He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward.

⁴²And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.