40:009:003 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. 40:009:004 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? 40:009:005 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? 40:009:006 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. 40:009:007 And he arose, and departed to his house. 40:009:008 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men. 40:009:009 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. 40:009:010 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. 40:009:011 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? 40:009:012 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. 40:009:013 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 40:009:014 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? 40:009:015 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. 40:009:016 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. 40:009:017 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. 40:009:018 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. 40:009:019 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. 40:009:020 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: 40:009:021 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.