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Matthew 9:1-13 TOL


Authority to Pardon Sins

Matthew 9:1-13 After getting into a boat, Yeshua crossed over and came to His own town.

Just then, some people brought to him a paralyzed man lying on a cot. And seeing their faith, Yeshua said to the paralyzed man, "Take courage, son! Your sins are forgiven."

Then some of the Torah scholars said among themselves, "This fellow blasphemes!"

And knowing their thoughts, Yeshua said, "Why are you entertaining evil in your hearts?

For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?

But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins,,," Then He tells the paralyzed man, "Get up, take your cot and go home."

And he got up and went home.

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

A Physician for Sinners

As Yeshua was passing by from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. He said to him, "Follow Me." And he got up and followed him.

Now it happened that when Yeshua was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Yeshua and His disciples.

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does this Teacher of yours eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

But when He heard this, Yeshua said, "Those who are healthy have no need for a doctor, but those who are sick do.

Now go and learn what this means: 'Mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.' For I didn't come to call the righteous, but the sinful."

Whose Power Will Rule?

Matthew 12:22-30 Then a demon-plagued man, who was blind and mute, was brought to Yeshua; and He healed him, so that he spoke and saw.

All the crowds were astonished and saying, This can't be Ben-David, can it?"

But hearing this, the Pharisees said, "This fellow drives out demons only by beelebul, the ruler of demons."

Knowing their thoughts, Yeshua said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand,

If satan drives out satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?

And if I drive out demons by beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? For this reason, they will be your judges.

But if I drive out demons by the Ruach Elohim,  then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Or how can one enter a strong mans's house and carry off his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then  he will thoroughly plunder his house,

He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

Mark 2:3-5 Some people came bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four men.

When they couldn't get near Yeshua because of the crowd, they removed the roof where He was. After digging through, they lowered the man on which the paralyzed man was lying.

Yeshua, seeing their faith, said to the paralyzed man, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

Luke 5:18-20 And behold, men were carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher, trying to bring him in and place him before Yeshua.

But when they found no way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his stretcher through the tiles, right in the middle before Yeshua.

When He saw their faith, He said, "Man, your sins are forgiven."

Matthew 11:16-19 "But to what shall I compare this generation? It's like children sitting in the marketplaces who call to one other, saying,

'We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. We wailed, but you did not mourn,'

"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

Hosea 6:6 For I delight in loyalty and not sacrifice, knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Matthew 12:7-8 If you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you wouldn't have condemned the innocent.

For the Son of Man is Lord of Shabbat."