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And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
Καὶ ἐμβὰς εἰς τὸ πλοῖον διεπέρασεν καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν πόλιν.
Kai embas eis to ploion dieperasen kai ēlthen eis tēn idian polin.
Some people brought Him a paralyzed man lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the man, “Take courage, son. Your sins are forgiven.”
And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
Καὶ ἰδού, προσέφερον αὐτῷ παραλυτικὸν ἐπὶ κλίνης βεβλημένον∙ καὶ ἰδὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν εἶπεν τῷ παραλυτικῷ, Θάρσει, τέκνον∙ ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου.
Kai idou, prosepheron autō paralytikon epi klinēs beblēmenon; kai idōn ho Iēsous tēn pistin autōn eipen tō paralytikō, Tharsei, teknon; apheōntai soi hai hamartiai sou.
Some of the scribes said among themselves, “This Man is blaspheming.”
And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
Καὶ ἰδού, τινὲς τῶν γραμματέων εἶπον ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, Οὗτος βλασφημεῖ.
Kai idou, tines tōn grammateōn eipon en heautois, Houtos blasphēmei.
Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Why are you entertaining evil thoughts in your hearts?
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
Καὶ ἰδὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὰς ἐνθυμήσεις αὐτῶν εἶπεν, Ἵνα τί ὑμεῖς ἐνθυμεῖσθε πονηρὰ ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν;
Kai idōn ho Iēsous tas enthymēseis autōn eipen, Hina ti hymeis enthymeisthe ponēra en tais kardiais hymōn?
Which is easier to say: ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or, ‘Get up and walk’?
For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
Τί γάρ ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν, Ἀφέωνταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι∙ ἢ εἰπεῖν, Ἔγειραι καὶ περιπάτει;
Ti gar estin eukopōteron, eipein, Apheōntai sou hai hamartiai; ē eipein, Egeirai kai peripatei?
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—He then said to the paralyzed man—“Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
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.
Ἵνα δὲ εἰδῆτε, ὅτι ἐξουσίαν ἔχει ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας—τότε λέγει τῷ παραλυτικῷ— Ἐγερθεὶς ἆρόν σου τὴν κλίνην, καὶ ὕπαγε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου.
Hina de eidēte, hoti exousian echei ho huios tou anthrōpou epi tēs gēs aphienai hamartias—tote legei tō paralytikō— Egertheis aron sou tēn klinēn, kai hypage eis ton oikon sou.
The man got up and went home.
And he arose, and departed to his house.
Καὶ ἐγερθεὶς ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ.
Kai egertheis apēlthen eis ton oikon autou.
When the crowds saw what had happened, they were amazed and glorified God for giving such authority among men.
But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
Ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ ὄχλοι ἐθαύμασαν, καὶ ἐδόξασαν τὸν θεόν, τὸν δόντα ἐξουσίαν τοιαύτην τοῖς ἀνθρώποις.
Idontes de hoi ochloi ethaumasan, kai edoxasan ton theon, ton donta exousian toiautēn tois anthrōpois.
As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth.
“Follow Me,” Jesus told him.
Matthew got up and followed Him.
¶ 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.
Καὶ παράγων ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐκεῖθεν εἶδεν ἄνθρωπον καθήμενον ἐπὶ τὸ τελώνιον, Ματθαῖον λεγόμενον, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Ἀκολούθει μοι. Καὶ ἀναστὰς ἠκολούθησεν αὐτῷ.
Kai paragōn ho Iēsous ekeithen eiden anthrōpon kathēmenon epi to telōnion, Matthaion legomenon, kai legei autō, Akolouthei moi. Kai anastas ēkolouthēsen autō.
Later, while Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples.
¶ 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.
Καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῦ ἀνακειμένου ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, καὶ ἰδού, πολλοὶ τελῶναι καὶ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἐλθόντες συνανέκειντο τῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ.
Kai egeneto autou anakeimenou en tē oikia, kai idou, polloi telōnai kai hamartōloi elthontes synanekeinto tō Iēsou kai tois mathētais autou.
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
Καὶ ἰδόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι εἶπον τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, Διὰ τί μετὰ τῶν τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐσθίει ὁ διδάσκαλος ὑμῶν;
Kai idontes hoi Pharisaioi eipon tois mathētais autou, Dia ti meta tōn telōnōn kai hamartōlōn esthiei ho didaskalos hymōn?
Jesus heard them and said, “Healthy people do not need a physician; sick people do.
But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἀκούσας εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν οἱ ἰσχύοντες ἰατροῦ, ἀλλ’ οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες.
Ho de Iēsous akousas eipen autois, Ou chreian echousin hoi ischyontes iatrou, all’ hoi kakōs echontes.
Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
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.
Πορευθέντες δὲ μάθετε τί ἐστιν, Ἔλεον θέλω, καὶ οὐ θυσίαν∙ οὐ γὰρ ἦλθον καλέσαι δικαίους, ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλοὺς εἰς μετάνοιαν.
Poreuthentes de mathete ti estin, Eleon thelō, kai ou thysian; ou gar ēlthon kalesai dikaious, alla hamartōlous eis metanoian.
Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
¶ Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
Τότε προσέρχονται αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ Ἰωάννου, λέγοντες, Διὰ τί ἡμεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι νηστεύομεν πολλά, οἱ δὲ μαθηταί σου οὐ νηστεύουσιν;
Tote proserchontai autō hoi mathētai Iōannou, legontes, Dia ti hēmeis kai hoi Pharisaioi nēsteuomen polla, hoi de mathētai sou ou nēsteuousin?
Jesus answered, “Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is still with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them. Then they will fast.
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.
Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Μὴ δύνανται οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ νυμφῶνος πενθεῖν, ἐφ’ ὅσον μετ’ αὐτῶν ἐστιν ὁ νυμφίος; Ἐλεύσονται δὲ ἡμέραι ὅταν ἀπαρθῇ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ὁ νυμφίος, καὶ τότε νηστεύσουσιν.
Kai eipen autois ho Iēsous, Mē dynantai hoi huioi tou nymphōnos penthein, eph’ hoson met’ autōn estin ho nymphios? Eleusontai de hēmerai hotan aparthē ap’ autōn ho nymphios, kai tote nēsteusousin.
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth onto an old garment. The new patch pulls away from the old cloth and makes the tear even worse.
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.
Οὐδεὶς δὲ ἐπιβάλλει ἐπίβλημα ῥάκους ἀγνάφου ἐπὶ ἱματίῳ παλαιῷ∙ αἴρει γὰρ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱματίου, καὶ χεῖρον σχίσμα γίνεται.
Oudeis de epiballei epiblēma rhakous agnaphou epi himatiō palaiō; airei gar to plērōma autou apo tou himatiou, kai cheiron schisma ginetai.
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. New wine is poured into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
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.
Οὐδὲ βάλλουσιν οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς παλαιούς∙ εἰ δὲ μήγε, ῥήγνυνται οἱ ἀσκοί, καὶ ὁ οἶνος ἐκχεῖται, καὶ οἱ ἀσκοὶ ἀπολοῦνται∙ ἀλλὰ βάλλουσιν οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς καινούς, καὶ ἀμφότεροι συντηροῦνται.
Oude ballousin oinon neon eis askous palaious; ei de mēge, rhēgnyntai hoi askoi, kai ho oinos ekcheitai, kai hoi askoi apolountai; alla ballousin oinon neon eis askous kainous, kai amphoteroi syntērountai.
While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue ruler came and bowed before Him.
“My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
¶ 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.
Ταῦτα αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος αὐτοῖς, ἰδού, ἄρχων εἷς ἐλθὼν προσεκύνει αὐτῷ, λέγων ὅτι Ἡ θυγάτηρ μου ἄρτι ἐτελεύτησεν∙ ἀλλὰ ἐλθὼν ἐπίθες τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπ’ αὐτήν, καὶ ζήσεται.
Tauta autou lalountos autois, idou, archōn heis elthōn prosekynei autō, legōn hoti Hē thygatēr mou arti eteleutēsen; alla elthōn epithes tēn cheira sou ep’ autēn, kai zēsetai.
Jesus got up and went with him, and His disciples followed.
And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.
Καὶ ἐγερθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἠκολούθησεν αὐτῷ καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ.
Kai egertheis ho Iēsous ēkolouthēsen autō kai hoi mathētai autou.
Along the way, a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of His garment.
¶ And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
Καὶ ἰδού, γυνὴ αἱμορροοῦσα δώδεκα ἔτη, προσελθοῦσα ὄπισθεν, ἥψατο τοῦ κρασπέδου τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ.
Kai idou, gynē haimorroousa dōdeka etē, proselthousa opisthen, hēpsato tou kraspedou tou himatiou autou.
She kept telling herself, “If I can only touch His garment, I will be healed.”
For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
Ἔλεγεν γὰρ ἐν ἑαυτῇ, Ἐὰν μόνον ἅψωμαι τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ, σωθήσομαι.
Elegen gar en heautē, Ean monon hapsōmai tou himatiou autou, sōthēsomai.
Jesus turned, saw her, and said, “Take courage, daughter. Your faith has made you well.”
And from that moment, the woman was healed.
But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἐπιστραφεὶς καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὴν εἶπεν, Θάρσει, θύγατερ∙ ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέν σε. Καὶ ἐσώθη ἡ γυνὴ ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης.
Ho de Iēsous epistrapheis kai idōn autēn eipen, Tharsei, thygater; hē pistis sou sesōken se. Kai esōthē hē gynē apo tēs hōras ekeinēs.
When Jesus arrived at the ruler’s house, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd of mourners.
And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
Καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ ἄρχοντος, καὶ ἰδὼν τοὺς αὐλητὰς καὶ τὸν ὄχλον θορυβούμενον,
Kai elthōn ho Iēsous eis tēn oikian tou archontos, kai idōn tous aulētas kai ton ochlon thoryboumenon,
He told them, “Leave. The girl is not dead but sleeping.”
They laughed at Him.
He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
λέγει αὐτοῖς, Ἀναχωρεῖτε∙ οὐ γὰρ ἀπέθανεν τὸ κοράσιον, ἀλλὰ καθεύδει. Καὶ κατεγέλων αὐτοῦ.
legei autois, Anachōreite; ou gar apethanen to korasion, alla katheudei. Kai kategelōn autou.
After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in, took the girl by the hand, and she got up.
But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
Ὅτε δὲ ἐξεβλήθη ὁ ὄχλος, εἰσελθὼν ἐκράτησεν τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῆς, καὶ ἠγέρθη τὸ κοράσιον.
Hote de exeblēthē ho ochlos, eiselthōn ekratēsen tēs cheiros autēs, kai ēgerthē to korasion.
News of what happened spread throughout that entire region.
And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἡ φήμη αὕτη εἰς ὅλην τὴν γῆν ἐκείνην.
Kai exēlthen hē phēmē hautē eis holēn tēn gēn ekeinēn.
As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
¶ And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
Καὶ παράγοντι ἐκεῖθεν τῷ Ἰησοῦ, ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ δύο τυφλοί, κράζοντες καὶ λέγοντες, Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, υἱὲ Δαυίδ.
Kai paragonti ekeithen tō Iēsou, ēkolouthēsan autō dyo typhloi, krazontes kai legontes, Eleēson hēmas, huie Dauid.
When Jesus entered the house, the blind men came to Him.
Jesus asked them, “Do you believe I am able to do this?”
“Yes, Lord,” they answered.
And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
Ἐλθόντι δὲ εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν, προσῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ τυφλοί, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Πιστεύετε ὅτι δύναμαι τοῦτο ποιῆσαι; Λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, Ναί, κύριε.
Elthonti de eis tēn oikian, prosēlthon autō hoi typhloi, kai legei autois ho Iēsous, Pisteuete hoti dynamai touto poiēsai? Legousin autō, Nai, kyrie.
Then He touched their eyes and said, “Let it happen for you according to your faith.”
Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
Τότε ἥψατο τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν, λέγων, Κατὰ τὴν πίστιν ὑμῶν γενηθήτω ὑμῖν.
Tote hēpsato tōn ophthalmōn autōn, legōn, Kata tēn pistin hymōn genēthētō hymin.
Their eyes were opened.
Jesus sternly warned them, “Make sure no one finds out about this.”
And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
Καὶ ἀνεῴχθησαν αὐτῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί∙ καὶ ἐνεβριμήσατο αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, λέγων, Ὁρᾶτε μηδεὶς γινωσκέτω.
Kai aneōchthēsan autōn hoi ophthalmoi; kai enebrimēsato autois ho Iēsous, legōn, Horate mēdeis ginōsketō.
But after they left, they spread the news about Him throughout that whole region.
But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.
Οἱ δὲ ἐξελθόντες διεφήμισαν αὐτὸν ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ γῇ ἐκείνῃ.
Hoi de exelthontes diephēmisan auton en holē tē gē ekeinē.
As they were leaving, people brought Jesus a demon-possessed man who could not speak.
¶ As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
Αὐτῶν δὲ ἐξερχομένων, ἰδού, προσήνεγκαν αὐτῷ ἄνθρωπον κωφὸν δαιμονιζόμενον.
Autōn de exerchomenōn, idou, prosēnenkan autō anthrōpon kōphon daimonizomenon.
After the demon was driven out, the man began speaking. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
Καὶ ἐκβληθέντος τοῦ δαιμονίου, ἐλάλησεν ὁ κωφός∙ καὶ ἐθαύμασαν οἱ ὄχλοι, λέγοντες, Οὐδέποτε ἐφάνη οὕτως ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ.
Kai ekblēthentos tou daimoniou, elalēsen ho kōphos; kai ethaumasan hoi ochloi, legontes, Oudepote ephanē houtōs en tō Israēl.
But the Pharisees said, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons.”
But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
Οἱ δὲ Φαρισαῖοι ἔλεγον, Ἐν τῷ ἄρχοντι τῶν δαιμονίων ἐκβάλλει τὰ δαιμόνια.
Hoi de Pharisaioi elegon, En tō archonti tōn daimoniōn ekballei ta daimonia.
Jesus continued traveling through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness among the people.
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
Καὶ περιῆγεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὰς πόλεις πάσας καὶ τὰς κώμας, διδάσκων ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν, καὶ κηρύσσων τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας, καὶ θεραπεύων πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν ἐν τῷ λαῷ.
Kai periēgen ho Iēsous tas poleis pasas kai tas kōmas, didaskōn en tais synagōgais autōn, kai kēryssōn to euangelion tēs basileias, kai therapeuōn pasan noson kai pasan malakian en tō laō.
When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them because they were exhausted and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
¶ But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Ἰδὼν δὲ τοὺς ὄχλους, ἐσπλαγχνίσθη περὶ αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἦσαν ἐσκυλμένοι καὶ ἐρριμμένοι ὡσεὶ πρόβατα μὴ ἔχοντα ποιμένα.
Idōn de tous ochlous, esplanchnisthē peri autōn, hoti ēsan eskylmenoi kai errimmenoi hōsei probata mē echonta poimena.
Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few.
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
Τότε λέγει τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, Ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς, οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι∙
Tote legei tois mathētais autou, Ho men therismos polys, hoi de ergatai oligoi;
So ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers out into His harvest.”
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
δεήθητε οὖν τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ θερισμοῦ, ὅπως ἐκβάλῃ ἐργάτας εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ.
deēthēte oun tou kyriou tou therismou, hopōs ekbalē ergatas eis ton therismon autou.