Matthew 9
1 Afterwards Jesus got into a boat, and, crossing over, came to his own city.
Καὶ ἐμβὰς εἰς πλοῖον, διεπέρασεν καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν πόλιν.
2 There some people brought to him a paralysed man on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, ‘Courage, child! Your sins are forgiven.’
Καὶ ἰδοὺ, προσέφερον αὐτῷ παραλυτικὸν ἐπὶ κλίνης βεβλημένον. Καὶ ἰδὼν ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς τὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν, εἶπεν τῷ παραλυτικῷ, “Θάρσει, τέκνον, ἀφίενταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι.”
3 Then some of the teachers of the Law said to themselves, ‘This man is blaspheming!’
Καὶ ἰδού, τινες τῶν γραμματέων εἶπον ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, “Οὗτος βλασφημεῖ!”
4 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus exclaimed, ‘Why do your cherish such wicked thoughts?
Καὶ ἰδὼν ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς τὰς ἐνθυμήσεις αὐτῶν εἶπεν, “Ἵνα τί ἐνθυμεῖσθε πονηρὰ ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν;
5 Which, I ask, is the easier? – to say “Your sins are forgiven”? Or to say “Get up, and walk”?
Τί γάρ ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον εἰπεῖν, ‘Ἀφίονται σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι’, ἢ εἰπεῖν, ‘Ἔγειρε καὶ περιπάτει’;
6 But to show you that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins’ – then he said to the paralysed man – ‘Get up, take up your bed, and return to your home.’
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.”
7 The man got up and went to his home.
Καὶ ἐγερθεὶς, ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ.
8 When the crowd saw this, they were awe-struck, and praised God for giving such power to human beings.
Ἰδόντες δὲ, οἱ ὄχλοι ἐφοβήθησαν καὶ ἐδόξασαν τὸν ˚Θεὸν, τὸν δόντα ἐξουσίαν τοιαύτην τοῖς ἀνθρώποις.
9 As Jesus went along, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting in the tax office, and said to him, ‘Follow me.’ Matthew got up and followed him.
Καὶ παράγων ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς ἐκεῖθεν, εἶδεν ἄνθρωπον καθήμενον ἐπὶ τὸ τελώνιον Μαθθαῖον λεγόμενον, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ. “Ἀκολούθει μοι.” Καὶ ἀναστὰς, ἠκολούθησεν αὐτῷ.
10 And, later on, when he was having dinner in the house, a number of tax collectors and outcasts came in and took their places at the table with Jesus and his disciples.
Καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῦ ἀνακειμένου ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, καὶ ἰδοὺ, πολλοὶ τελῶναι καὶ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἐλθόντες συνανέκειντο τῷ ˚Ἰησοῦ καὶ τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ.
11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat in the company of tax collectors and outcasts?’
Καὶ ἰδόντες, οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἔλεγον τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, “Διὰ τί μετὰ τῶν τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐσθίει ὁ διδάσκαλος ὑμῶν;”
12 On hearing this, Jesus said, ‘It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill.
Ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας εἶπεν, “Οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν οἱ ἰσχύοντες ἰατροῦ, ἀλλὰ οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες.
13 Go and learn what this means – “I desire mercy, and not sacrifice”; for I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast.’
Πορευθέντες δὲ, μάθετε τί ἐστιν: ‘Ἔλεος θέλω καὶ οὐ θυσίαν’, οὐ γὰρ ἦλθον καλέσαι δικαίους, ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλούς.”
14 Then John’s disciples came to Jesus, and asked, ‘Why do we and the Pharisees fast while your disciples do not?’
Τότε προσέρχονται αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ Ἰωάννου λέγοντες, “Διὰ τί ἡμεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι νηστεύομεν, οἱ δὲ μαθηταί σου οὐ νηστεύουσιν;”
15 Jesus answered, ‘Can the groom’s friends mourn as long as the groom is with them? But the days will come, when the groom will be taken away from them, and they will fast then.
Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς, “Μὴ δύνανται οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ νυμφῶνος πενθεῖν, ἐφʼ ὅσον μετʼ αὐτῶν ἐστιν ὁ νυμφίος; Ἐλεύσονται δὲ ἡμέραι ὅταν ἀπαρθῇ ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ὁ νυμφίος, καὶ τότε νηστεύσουσιν.
16 Nobody ever puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for such a patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.
Οὐδεὶς δὲ ἐπιβάλλει ἐπίβλημα ῥάκους ἀγνάφου ἐπὶ ἱματίῳ παλαιῷ· αἴρει γὰρ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱματίου, καὶ χεῖρον σχίσμα γίνεται.
17 Nor do people put new wine into old wine-skins; for, if they do, the skins burst, and the wine runs out, and the skins are lost; but they put new wine into fresh skins, and so both are preserved.’
Οὐδὲ βάλλουσιν οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς παλαιούς· εἰ δὲ μή γε, ῥήγνυνται οἱ ἀσκοί, καὶ ὁ οἶνος ἐκχεῖται καὶ οἱ ἀσκοὶ ἀπόλλυνται. Ἀλλὰ βάλλουσιν οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς καινούς, καὶ ἀμφότεροι συντηροῦνται.”
18 While Jesus was saying this, a synagogue leader came up and bowed to the ground before him. ‘My daughter,’ he said, ‘has just died; but come and place your hand on her, and she will be restored to life.’
Ταῦτα αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος αὐτοῖς, ἰδοὺ, ἄρχων εἷς προσελθὼν, προσεκύνει αὐτῷ λέγων, ὅτι “Ἡ θυγάτηρ μου ἄρτι ἐτελεύτησεν· ἀλλὰ ἐλθὼν ἐπίθες τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπʼ αὐτήν καὶ ζήσεται.”
19 So Jesus rose and followed him, and his disciples went also.
Καὶ ἐγερθεὶς, ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς ἠκολούθησεν αὐτῷ καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ.
20 But meanwhile a woman, who had been suffering from haemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind and touched the tassel of his cloak.
Καὶ ἰδοὺ, γυνὴ αἱμορροοῦσα δώδεκα ἔτη προσελθοῦσα ὄπισθεν, ἥψατο τοῦ κρασπέδου τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ.
21 ‘If I only touch his cloak,’ she said to herself, ‘I will get well.’
Ἔλεγεν γὰρ ἐν ἑαυτῇ, “Ἐὰν μόνον ἅψωμαι τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ, σωθήσομαι.”
22 Turning and seeing her, Jesus said, ‘Courage, daughter! Your faith has delivered you.’ And at that very moment she became well.
Ὁ δὲ ˚Ἰησοῦς στραφεὶς καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὴν εἶπεν, “Θάρσει, θύγατερ· ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέν σε.” Καὶ ἐσώθη ἡ γυνὴ ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης.
23 When Jesus reached the leader’s house, seeing the flute players, and a number of people all in confusion,
Καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ ἄρχοντος, καὶ ἰδὼν τοὺς αὐλητὰς καὶ τὸν ὄχλον θορυβούμενον
24 he said, ‘Go away, the little girl is not dead; she is asleep.’ They began to laugh at him;
ἔλεγεν, “Ἀναχωρεῖτε, οὐ γὰρ ἀπέθανεν τὸ κοράσιον, ἀλλὰ καθεύδει.” Καὶ κατεγέλων αὐτοῦ.
25 but, when the people had been sent out, Jesus went in, and took the little girl’s hand, and she rose.
Ὅτε δὲ ἐξεβλήθη ὁ ὄχλος, εἰσελθὼν ἐκράτησεν τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῆς, καὶ ἠγέρθη τὸ κοράσιον.
26 The report of this spread through all that part of the country.
Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἡ φήμη αὕτη εἰς ὅλην τὴν γῆν ἐκείνην.
27 As Jesus was passing on from there, he was followed by two blind men, who kept calling out, ‘Take pity on us, Son of David!’
Καὶ παράγοντι ἐκεῖθεν τῷ ˚Ἰησοῦ, ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ δύο τυφλοὶ κράζοντες καὶ λέγοντες, “Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, υἱὸς Δαυίδ.”
28 When he had gone indoors, the blind men came up to him; and Jesus asked them, ‘Do you believe that I am able to do this?’ ‘Yes, Master!’ they answered.
Ἐλθόντι δὲ εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν, προσῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ τυφλοί, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς, “Πιστεύετε ὅτι δύναμαι τοῦτο ποιῆσαι;” Λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, “Ναί, ˚Κύριε.”
29 Then he touched their eyes, and said, ‘It will be according to your faith.’
Τότε ἥψατο τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν λέγων, “Κατὰ τὴν πίστιν ὑμῶν γενηθήτω ὑμῖν.”
30 Then their eyes were opened. Jesus sternly cautioned them. ‘See that no one knows of it,’ he said.
Καὶ ἠνεῴχθησαν αὐτῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί. Καὶ ἐνεβριμήθη αὐτοῖς ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς λέγων, “Ὁρᾶτε μηδεὶς γινωσκέτω.”
31 But the men went out, and spread the news about him through all that part of the country.
Οἱ δὲ ἐξελθόντες, διεφήμισαν αὐτὸν ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ γῇ ἐκείνῃ.
32 Just as they were going out, some people brought up to Jesus a dumb man who was possessed by a demon;
Αὐτῶν δὲ ἐξερχομένων, ἰδοὺ, προσήνεγκαν αὐτῷ κωφὸν δαιμονιζόμενον.
33 and, as soon as the demon had been driven out, the dumb man spoke. The people were astonished at this, and exclaimed, ‘Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!’
Καὶ ἐκβληθέντος τοῦ δαιμονίου, ἐλάλησεν ὁ κωφός. Καὶ ἐθαύμασαν οἱ ὄχλοι λέγοντες, “Οὐδέποτε ἐφάνη οὕτως ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ.”
34 But the Pharisees said, ‘He drives out the demons by the help of the chief of the demons.’
Οἱ δὲ Φαρισαῖοι ἔλεγον, “Ἐν τῷ ἄρχοντι τῶν δαιμονίων ἐκβάλλει τὰ δαιμόνια.”
35 Jesus went round all the towns and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.
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.
36 But, when he saw the crowds, his heart was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and harassed, like sheep without a shepherd;
Ἰδὼν δὲ τοὺς ὄχλους, ἐσπλαγχνίσθη περὶ αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἦσαν ἐσκυλμένοι καὶ ἐρριμμένοι, ὡσεὶ πρόβατα μὴ ἔχοντα ποιμένα.
37 and he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is abundant, but the labourers are few.
Τότε λέγει τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, “Ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς, οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι·
38 Therefore pray to the owner of the harvest to send labourers to gather in his harvest.’
δεήθητε οὖν τοῦ ˚Κυρίου τοῦ θερισμοῦ, ὅπως ἐκβάλῃ ἐργάτας εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ.”
