MatthieuChapitre 9

21When Jesus had crossed back in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the sea.

22One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus he fell at his feet

23and pleaded with him urgently: "My little daughter is dying. Please come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be healed and live."

24So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed in around him.

25Among them was a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.

26She had endured much under many physicians and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she had only grown worse.

27When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,

28for she said to herself, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed."

29Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she felt in her body that she was cured of her affliction.

30At once Jesus, aware within himself that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

31His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing in on you, and you ask, 'Who touched me?'"

32But he kept looking around to see who had done it.

33Then the woman, afraid and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.

34He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be free from your affliction."

35While he was still speaking, messengers came from the house of the synagogue leader and said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?"

36But Jesus, overhearing what was said, told the synagogue leader, "Do not be afraid; only believe."

37He let no one go with him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.

38They came to the house of the synagogue leader, and Jesus saw the commotion—people weeping and wailing loudly.

39He went in and said to them, "Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep."

40They laughed at him. But he put them all outside and took the child's father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.

41Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, "Talitha koum!"—which means, "Little girl, I say to you, get up!"

42Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And they were utterly astonished.

43He gave them strict orders that no one should know about this, and he told them to give her something to eat.

1When he came back to Capernaum a few days later, word spread that he was at home.

2So many people gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he was speaking the word to them.

3Then some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man carried by four of them.

4Since they could not bring the man to Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up the roof above him, dug through it, and lowered the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.

5When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

6Some of the scribes were sitting there, reasoning in their hearts,

7"Why does this man talk like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

8At once Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking, and he said to them, "Why are you turning these things over in your hearts?

9Which is easier: to say to the paralyzed man, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'?

10But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"—he said to the paralyzed man,

11"I say to you: get up, take your mat, and go home."

12The man got up, and immediately took his mat and walked out in front of them all. Everyone was astounded and praised God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"