Jesus Heals a Crippled Man
(Mk. 2:1–12; Lk. 5:17–26)
1Jesus got into a boat and went back across the lake to his own town.
2Some people brought to Jesus a man that was paralyzed (crippled). The man was lying on a mat. Jesus saw that these people had much faith. So Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Young man, you’ll be glad to hear this! Your sins are forgiven.”
3Some of the teachers of the law heard this. They said to themselves, “This man (Jesus) talks like he is God—that is blasphemy.
4Jesus knew they were thinking this. So Jesus said, “Why are you thinking such evil thoughts?
5The Son of Man
6(9:5)
7And the man stood up and went home.
8The people saw this and they were amazed. The people praised God for giving power like this to people.
Matthew (Levi) Follows Jesus
(Mk. 2:13–17; Lk. 5:27–32)
9When Jesus was leaving, he saw a man named Matthew. Matthew was sitting at his place for collecting taxes. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Then Matthew stood up and followed Jesus.
10Jesus ate dinner at Matthew’s house. Many tax collectors
11The Pharisees
12Jesus heard the Pharisees
13I will tell you something. Go and learn what it means: ‘I don’t want animal sacrifices; I want you to show kindness to people.’
Jesus Is Not like Other Religious Leaders
(Mk. 2:18–22; Lk. 5:33–39)
14Then the followers of John
15Jesus answered, “{When there is a wedding,} the friends of the bridegroom
16“When a person sews a patch over a hole on an old coat, he never uses a piece of cloth that is not yet shrunk. If he does, the patch will {shrink and} pull away from the coat. Then the hole will be worse.
17Also, people never pour new wine into old wine bags.
Jesus Gives Life to a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman
(Mk. 5:21–43; Lk. 8:40–56)
18While Jesus was saying these things, a leader of the synagogue
19So Jesus stood up and went with the leader. Jesus’ followers went too.
20There was a woman that had been bleeding for twelve years. The woman came behind Jesus and touched the bottom of his coat.
21The woman was thinking, “If I can touch his coat, then I will be healed.”
22Jesus turned and saw the woman. Jesus said, “Be happy, dear woman. You are made well because you believed.” Then the woman was healed.
23Jesus continued going with the Jewish leader and went into the leader’s house. Jesus saw people there that make music for funerals. And he saw many people there upset {because the girl died}.
24Jesus said, “Go away. The girl is not dead. She is only asleep.” But the people laughed at Jesus.
25After the people were put out of the house, Jesus went into the girl’s room. Jesus held the girl’s hand, and the girl stood up.
26The news about this spread all around the area.
Jesus Heals More People
27When Jesus was leaving there, two blind men followed him. The blind men said loudly, “Show kindness to us, Son of David.
28Jesus went inside, and the blind men went with him. Jesus asked the men, “Do you believe that I am able to make you see again?” The blind men answered, “Yes, Lord, we believe.”
29Then Jesus touched their eyes and said, “You believe that I can make you see again, so this will happen.”
30Then the men were able to see again. Jesus warned them very strongly. Jesus said, “Don’t tell any person about this.”
31But the blind men left and spread the news about Jesus all around that area.
32When the two men were leaving, some people brought another man to Jesus. This man could not talk because he had a demon
33Jesus forced the demon to leave the man. Then the man that couldn’t talk was able to speak. The people were amazed and said, “We have never seen anything like this in Israel.”
34But the Pharisees
Jesus Feels Sorry for the People
35Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages. Jesus taught in their synagogues
36Jesus saw the many people and felt sorry for them. Jesus felt sorry for the people because the people were worried and helpless. The people were like sheep without a shepherd to lead them.
37Jesus said to his followers, “There are many, many people to harvest (save). But there are only a few workers to help harvest them.
38God owns the harvest (people). Pray to him that he will send more workers to help gather his harvest.”