MODERN LITERAL VERSION

9:1 And he stepped into the ship and ferried over and came into his own city.
{Mk 2:1-12 & Mt 9:2-8 & Lk 5:17-26.}

9:2 And behold, they brought to him a man, a paralytic, lying upon a cot and Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, Child, have courage; your sins have been forgiven.

9:3 And behold, some of the scribes said among themselves, This man is blaspheming.

9:4 And Jesus knowing their contemplations said, Why are you* contemplating evil in your* hearts?
9:5 For* which is easier, to say, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise and walk?
9:6 But in order that you* may know that the Son of Man has authority upon the earth to forgive sins (then he says to the paralytic), Arise and lift up your cot and go up to your house.
9:7 And having arisen, he went away to his house.
9:8 But when the crowds saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
{Mk 2:13-14 & Mt 9:9 & Lk 5:27-28 At or near Capernaum.}

9:9 And passing by from there, Jesus saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at a tax-office and he says to him, Follow me. And he stood up and followed him.
{Mk 2:15-22 & Mt 9:10-17 & Lk 5:29-39 Capernaum.}

9:10 And it happened, as he reclined at a meal in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his disciples.
9:11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why is your* teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?

9:12 But Jesus having heard it, said to them, Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are ill.
9:13 But go and learn what is meant by, ‘I will to have mercy and not sacrifice.' {Hos. 6:6} For* I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

9:14 Then the disciples of John come to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?

9:15 And Jesus said to them, The {F} sons of the bridal-party are not able to fast, inasmuch as the bridegroom is with them, are they? But the days will come when the bridegroom might be taken away from them and then they will fast.
9:16 But no one puts a patch of unshrunk fabric upon an old garment; for* its fullness shrinks and lifts away from the garment and a worse split happens.
9:17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst and the wine is spilled and the wineskins will be destroyed, but they put new wine into new wineskins and both are protected.
{Mk 5:22-43 & Mt 9:18-26 & Lk 8:41-56 Capernaum.}

9:18 While he spoke these things to them, behold, one ruler came to him and worshiped him, saying, My daughter is just now dead*, but come and lay your hand upon her and she will live.
9:19 And Jesus and his disciples arose and followed him.

9:20 And behold, a woman, having had a flow of blood for twelve years, came behind him and touched the hem of his garment;
9:21 for* she said to herself, ‘If only I touch his garment, I will be cured.

9:22 But Jesus having turned and saw her, said, Daughter, have courage; your faith has cured you. And the woman was cured from that hour.

9:23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the flute-players and the crowd being in an uproar,
9:24 he says to them, Depart; for* the girl is not dead, but is sleeping. And they laughed at him.
9:25 But when the crowd was put out, having entered, he took-hold of her hand, and the girl arose.
9:26 And this fame went forth into all that land.
{Mt 9:27-34 Probably Capernaum.}

9:27 And Jesus passing by from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying, Show-mercy on us, son of David.

9:28 And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him and Jesus says to them, You* believe that I am able to do this?
They say to him, Yes, Lord.

9:29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, Let it happen for you* according to your* faith.
9:30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus scolded them, saying, See that you* let no one know it.
9:31 But they went forth and broadcasted his fame in all that land.

9:32 And as they went forth, behold, a demon-possessed mute man was brought to him.
9:33 And when the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke and the crowds marveled, saying, This was never* so seen in Israel.

9:34 But the Pharisees said, He is casting out demons by the ruler of the demons.
{Mk 6:6b-13 & Mt 9:35-10:42 & Lk 9:1-6 Third circuit of Galilee.}

9:35 And Jesus went around all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good-news of the kingdom and healing all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness among the people.
9:36 But when he saw the crowds, he had compassion concerning them, because they had been bothered and tossed about, like sheep not having a shepherd.
9:37 Then he says to his disciples, The harvest is indeed large, but the workers are few.
9:38 Therefore beseech of the Lord of the harvest, *that he should put out workers into his harvest.
{Footnotes: Mt 9:15- That is: companions of the bridegroom.}