Matthew 9:1

Many will purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked will do wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand; but those who are wise will understand.

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Yahweh says.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.”

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant.

Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,

All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

For I am Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.”

He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath day,

Jesus said therefore again to them, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can’t come.”

Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.

Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away.

While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.

They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.

But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

Now on one of those days, he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side of the lake.” So they launched out.

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.

After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.

and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.

that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.

Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague is exceedingly severe.

to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.

Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons.” She named him Zebulun.

You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.

But the miry places of it, and its marshes, will not be healed. They will be given up to salt.

When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until today.

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.

But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

When he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.

Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.

They began to beg him to depart from their region.

When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.

He said to them, “Doubtless you will tell me this parable, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.’ ”

But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”

When Jesus returned, the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.

Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.

yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,

How much worse punishment do you think he will be judged worthy of who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him.

Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,

Whoever touches a dead person, the body of a man who has died, and doesn’t purify himself, defiles Yahweh’s tabernacle; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean. His uncleanness is yet on him.

The men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?”

Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”

Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and had departed from Saul.

They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.

when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.

“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.

When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.

saying, “Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!”

Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him.

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

He left them, and again entering into the boat, departed to the other side.

Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?” The common people heard him gladly.

Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

saying, “Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God!”

Now while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.

Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today.”

Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”

All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. Then he entered into the boat and returned.

But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.

They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.

So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.

When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn’t there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God.”

He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”