Words of Jesus

Previous John 5:1-15 Jesus Heals A Lame Man In Jerusalem, by the sheep market, was the Pool of Bethesda. Beside it lay a great multitude of invalids--the lame, blind, withered, and bedridden--all waiting for the moving of the water; because at certain times an angel went down into the pool and troubled the water. Then, whoever was the first to enter the water after its troubling, was cured of whatever disease or infirmity he had. Jesus, one day, walked beside the Pool of Bethesda and saw a man there who had been infirm and lame for thirty-eight years. Realizing that he had been so long infirm, Jesus spoke to him, saying: “Wilt thou be made whole?” The lame man answered: “Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool; but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.” Jesus said to him: “Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.” Immediately the man was healed. He took up his bed and walked away. This miracle came to pass on the Sabbath. The Jews,

Previous Matthew 9:14-17; Mark 2:18-22; Luke 5:33-39 Jesus Explains His Attitude On Fasting The disciples of John the Baptist and of the Pharisees came to Jesus, troubled in their hearts, asking: “Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?” Jesus replied: “Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. “No man putteth a piece of new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles [skins]; else the new wine will burst the bottles [skins], and be spilled, and the bottles [skins] shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles [skins]; and both are preserved. No man also having drunk old wine straightaway desireth new; for he saith ‘The old is bette

Previous Matthew 9:9-13; Mark 2:13-17; Luke 5:27-32 Jesus Calls Matthew To Be A Disciple After the miraculous cure of the paralytic, Jesus left the house and, as he passed along, saw Matthew, known as Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting in the customhouse--where he performed his duties as tax collector. Jesus said to him: “Follow me.” Matthew arose and followed him. Later Jesus sat down to a meal in Matthew’s house. With him were his disciples and many tax collectors and sinners. Pharisees and scribes who saw them eating together were surprised and said to the disciples: “Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?” Jesus, hearing them, said: “They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” Next

Previous Matthew 9:2-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26 Jesus Heals A Paralytic Soon thereafter Jesus was back at Capernaum. Word spread that he was there and great multitudes came to be taught and to receive favors at his hands. One day, as he was teaching, there was brought to him a paralytic, carried by four men. So great was the press of people, the bearers of the bed were unable to enter the doors of the house where Jesus was speaking. Accordingly they climbed with their burden onto the roof, made a hole, and lowered the pallet and paralytic into the midst of the group around Jesus. When he saw this display of faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man: “Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.” When they heard this, the scribes and Pharisees who were present reasoned among themselves, saying: “Why does this man thus speak blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said: “What reason ye in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, ‘Thy