Matthew - Verse by Verse (2)

[JesusFreak78]

Matthew 8:26
He said to them, "Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?" Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm.

 

[Glenda]

Mat 8:27 And the men marveled, saying, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?

 

[doc329]

Matthew 8:28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

 

[doc329]

Matthew 8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

 

[doc329]

Matthew 8:30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

 

[doc329]

Matthew 8:31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

 

[doc329]

Matthew 8:32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

 

[doc329]

Matthew 8:33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.

 

[doc329]

Matthew 8:34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

 

[JesusFreak78]

Matthew 9:1
Getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the sea and came to His own city.

 

[Joy]

Matthew 9:2
Then behold they brought to Him a paralytic lying on on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you."

 

[Joy]

Matthew 9:3
And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, "This Man blasphemes!"

 

[Glenda]

Matthew 9:4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

 

[JesusFreak78]

Matthew 9:5
"Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, and walk'?

 

[rjw64]

Matthew 9:6 (RSV)

But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" - he then said to the paralytic - "Rise, take up your bed and go home."

 

[rjw64]

Matthew 9:7 (RSV)

And he rose and went home.

 

[rjw64]

Matthew 9:8 (RSV)

When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

 

[ArJay81]

Matthew 9:9 (NIV)

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. "Follow me," he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

 

[JesusFreak78]

Matthew 9:10
Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.

 

[tred]

Matthew 9:11
11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"