Outline
- His Birth (1:18 -- 2:12)
- His Sojourn in Egypt (2:13-23)
- His Forerunner (3:1-12)
- His Baptism (3:13-17)
- His Temptation (4:1-11)
- The Beginning of the Galilean Campaign (4:12-25)
- The Sermon on the Mount (chs. 5-7)
- A Collection of Miracles (chs. 8-9)
- The Commissioning of the 12 Apostles (ch. 10)
- Ministry throughout Galilee (chs. 11-12)
- The Parables of the Kingdom (ch. 13)
- Herod's Reaction to Jesus' Ministry (14:1-12)
- To the Eastern Shore of the Sea of Galilee (14:13 -- 15:20)
- To Phoenicia (15:21-28)
- To the Decapolis (15:29 -- 16:12)
- To Caesarea Philippi (16:13 -- 17:20)
- Prediction of Jesus' Death (17:22-23)
- Temple Tax (17:24-27)
- Discourse on Life in the Kingdom (ch. 18)
- Teaching concerning Divorce (19:1-12)
- Teaching concerning Little Children (19:13-15)
- The Rich Young Man (19:16-30)
- The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (20:1-16)
- Prediction of Jesus' Death (20:17-19)
- A Mother's Request (20:20-28)
- Restoration of Sight at Jericho (20:29-34)
- The Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem as King (21:1-11)
- The Cleansing of the Temple (21:12-17)
- The Last Controversies with the Jewish Leaders (21:18 -- 23:39)
- The Olivet Discourse (chs. 24-25)
- The Anointing of Jesus' Feet (26:1-13)
- The Arrest, Trials and Death of Jesus (26:14 -- 27:66)
- The Earthquake and the Angel's Announcement (28:1-7)
- Jesus' Encounter with the Women (28:8-10)
- The Guards' Report and the Jewish Elders' Bribe (28:11-15)
- The Great Commission (28:16-20)
Matthew 8
1 Large crowds followed Jesus as he came
down the mountainside.
2 Suddenly, a man with leprosy approached
him and knelt before him. “Lord,” the man said, “if you are willing, you can
heal me and make me clean.”
3 Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am
willing,” he said. “Be healed!” And instantly the leprosy disappeared.
4 Then Jesus said to him, “Don’t tell
anyone about this. Instead, go to the priest and let him examine you. Take
along the offering required in the law of Moses for those who have been healed
of leprosy. This will be a public testimony that you have been cleansed.”
5 When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a
Roman officer came and pleaded with him,
6 “Lord, my young servant lies in bed,
paralyzed and in terrible pain.”
7 Jesus said, “I will come and heal him.”
8 But the officer said, “Lord, I am not
worthy to have you come into my home. Just say the word from where you are, and
my servant will be healed.
9 I know this because I am under the
authority of my superior officers, and I have authority over my soldiers. I
only need to say, ‘Go,’ and they go, or ‘Come,’ and they come. And if I say to
my slaves, ‘Do this,’ they do it.”
10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed.
Turning to those who were following him, he said, “I tell you the truth, I haven’t
seen faith like this in all Israel!
11 And I tell you this, that many Gentiles
will come from all over the world—from east and west—and sit down with Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven.
12 But many Israelites—those for whom the
Kingdom was prepared—will be thrown into outer darkness, where there will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
13 Then Jesus said to the Roman officer,
“Go back home. Because you believed, it has happened.” And the young servant
was healed that same hour.
14 When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house,
Peter’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high fever.
15 But when Jesus touched her hand, the
fever left her. Then she got up and prepared a meal for him.
16 That evening many demon-possessed people
were brought to Jesus. He cast out the evil spirits with a simple command, and
he healed all the sick.
17 This fulfilled the word of the Lord
through the prophet Isaiah, who said, “He took our sicknesses and removed our
diseases.”
18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he
instructed his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake.
19 Then one of the teachers of religious
law said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20 But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to
live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his
head.”
21 Another of his disciples said, “Lord,
first let me return home and bury my father.”
22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me now. Let
the spiritually dead bury their own dead. ”
23 Then Jesus got into the boat and started
across the lake with his disciples.
24 Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the
lake, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.
25 The disciples went and woke him up,
shouting, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
26 Jesus responded, “Why are you afraid?
You have so little faith!” Then he got up and rebuked the wind and waves, and
suddenly there was a great calm.
27 The disciples were amazed. “Who is this
man?” they asked. “Even the winds and waves obey him!”
28 When Jesus arrived on the other side of
the lake, in the region of the Gadarenes, two men who were possessed by demons
met him. They lived in a cemetery and were so violent that no one could go
through that area.
29 They began screaming at him, “Why are
you interfering with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torture us before
God’s appointed time?”
30 There happened to be a large herd of
pigs feeding in the distance.
31 So the demons begged, “If you cast us
out, send us into that herd of pigs.”
32 “All right, go!” Jesus commanded them.
So the demons came out of the men and entered the pigs, and the whole herd
plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water.
33 The herdsmen fled to the nearby town,
telling everyone what happened to the demon-possessed men.
34 Then the entire town came out to meet
Jesus, but they begged him to go away and leave them alone.
Matthew 9
1 Jesus climbed into a boat and went back
across the lake to his own town.
2 Some people brought to him a paralyzed
man on a mat. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Be
encouraged, my child! Your sins are forgiven.”
3 But some of the teachers of religious
law said to themselves, “That’s blasphemy! Does he think he’s God?”
4 Jesus knew what they were thinking, so
he asked them, “Why do you have such evil thoughts in your hearts?
5 Is it easier to say ‘Your sins are
forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up and walk’?
6 So I will prove to you that the Son of
Man has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the
paralyzed man and said, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”
7 And the man jumped up and went home!
8 Fear swept through the crowd as they saw
this happen. And they praised God for sending a man with such great authority.
9 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man
named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my
disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.
10 Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his
disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and
other disreputable sinners.
11 But when the Pharisees saw this, they
asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum? ”
12 When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy
people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.”
13 Then he added, “Now go and learn the
meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’
For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who
know they are sinners.”
14 One day the disciples of John the
Baptist came to Jesus and asked him, “Why don’t your disciples fast like we do
and the Pharisees do?”
15 Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests mourn
while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. But someday the groom will be
taken away from them, and then they will fast.
16 “Besides, who would patch old clothing
with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth,
leaving an even bigger tear than before.
17 “And no one puts new wine into old
wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the pressure, spilling the wine
and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are
preserved.”
18 As Jesus was saying this, the leader of
a synagogue came and knelt before him. “My daughter has just died,” he said,
“but you can bring her back to life again if you just come and lay your hand on
her.”
19 So Jesus and his disciples got up and
went with him.
20 Just then a woman who had suffered for
twelve years with constant bleeding came up behind him. She touched the fringe
of his robe,
21 for she thought, “If I can just touch
his robe, I will be healed.”
22 Jesus turned around, and when he saw her
he said, “Daughter, be encouraged! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman
was healed at that moment.
23 When Jesus arrived at the official’s
home, he saw the noisy crowd and heard the funeral music.
24 “Get out!” he told them. “The girl isn’t
dead; she’s only asleep.” But the crowd laughed at him.
25 After the crowd was put outside,
however, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she stood up!
26 The report of this miracle swept through
the entire countryside.
27 After Jesus left the girl’s home, two
blind men followed along behind him, shouting, “Son of David, have mercy on
us!”
28 They went right into the house where he
was staying, and Jesus asked them, “Do you believe I can make you see?” “Yes,
Lord,” they told him, “we do.”
29 Then he touched their eyes and said,
“Because of your faith, it will happen.”
30 Then their eyes were opened, and they
could see! Jesus sternly warned them, “Don’t tell anyone about this.”
31 But instead, they went out and spread
his fame all over the region.
32 When they left, a demon-possessed man
who couldn’t speak was brought to Jesus.
33 So Jesus cast out the demon, and then
the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed. “Nothing like this has ever
happened in Israel!” they exclaimed.
34 But the Pharisees said, “He can cast out
demons because he is empowered by the prince of demons.”
35 Jesus traveled through all the towns and
villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News
about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness.
36 When he saw the crowds, he had
compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without
a shepherd.
37 He said to his disciples, “The harvest
is great, but the workers are few.
38 So pray to the Lord who is in charge of
the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.”
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