Talk: Matthew Chapter 9-10 Scripture Reading

Join me today as we read through the New Testament Matthew Chapter 9-10. It is very important for Christians to read the bible. It helps guide us in our lives and connects us with God.

In 2 Timothy 3:16 TPT, it says, "God has transmitted his very substance into every Scripture, for it is God-breathed. It will empower you by its instruction and correction, giving you the strength to take the right direction and lead you deeper into the path of godliness."

Transcript

Hello and welcome.

I hope your day is going well.

Today we will be reading Matthew chapter 9 and 10.

I am reading from the Passion Translation.

I will not be saying verse numbers to allow the passages to flow smoother.

Let's start with prayer and then we will get reading.

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank you for this written guidebook for our lives.

I pray that you will use the passages today to transform us to be more like you.

Help us to concentrate on your word and learn something new.

In Jesus name,

Amen.

Matthew chapter 9.

Jesus got into the boat and returned to what was considered his hometown Capernaum.

Just then some people brought a paraplegic man to him,

Lying on a sleeping mat.

When Jesus perceived the strong faith within their hearts,

He said to the paralyzed man,

My son,

Be encouraged,

For your sins have been forgiven.

These words prompted some of the religious scholars to think,

Why,

That's nothing but blasphemy.

Jesus supernaturally perceived their thoughts and said to them,

Why do you carry such evil in your hearts?

Which is easier to say,

Your sins are forgiven,

Or stand up and walk?

But now,

To convince you that the Son of Man has been given authority to forgive sins,

I say to this man,

Stand up,

Pick up your mat,

And walk home.

Immediately the man sprang to his feet and left for home.

When the crowds witnessed this miracle,

They were awestruck.

They shouted praises to God,

Because he had given such authority to human beings.

As Jesus left Capernaum,

He came upon a tax collecting station,

Where a Jewish man named Matthew was collecting taxes for the Romans.

Come,

Follow me,

Jesus said to him.

Immediately,

Matthew jumped up and began to follow Jesus.

Jesus went to Matthew's house and made himself at home.

Many other tax collectors and outcasts of society were invited to eat with Jesus and his disciples.

When those known as the Pharisees saw what was happening,

They were indignant,

And they kept asking Jesus' disciples,

Why would your master dine with such lowlifes?

When Jesus overheard this,

He spoke up and said,

Healthy people don't need to see a doctor,

But the sick will go for treatment.

Then he added,

Now you should go and study the meaning of the verse.

I want you to show mercy,

Not just offer me a sacrifice.

For I have come to invite the outcasts of society and sinners,

Not those who think they are already on the right path.

The disciples of John the Baptist approached Jesus with this question,

Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast regularly,

But not your disciples?

Jesus replied,

How can the sons of the bridal chamber grieve when the bridegroom is next to them?

But the days of fasting will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them.

And who would mend worn-out clothing with new fabric?

When the new cloth shrinks,

It will rip,

Making the whole worse than before.

And who would pour fresh new wine into an old wineskin?

Eventually the wine will ferment and make the wineskin burst,

Losing everything.

The wine is spilled and the wineskin ruined.

Instead,

New wine is always poured into a new wineskin,

So that both are preserved.

While Jesus was still speaking,

An influential Jewish man approached and knelt before him,

Saying,

Help me!

My daughter has just died.

Please come and place your hand upon her so that she will live again.

So Jesus and his disciples got up and went with him.

Suddenly a woman came from behind Jesus and touched the tassel of his prayer shawl for healing.

She had been suffering from continual bleeding for twelve years,

But had faith that Jesus could heal her,

For she kept saying to herself,

If I could only touch his prayer shawl,

I would be healed.

Just then Jesus turned around and looked at her and said,

My daughter,

Be encouraged.

Your faith has healed you.

And instantly she was healed.

When Jesus finally entered the home of the Jewish leader,

He saw a noisy crowd of mourners,

Wailing and playing a funeral dirge on their flutes.

He told them,

You must leave,

For the little girl is not dead,

She is only asleep.

Then everyone began to ridicule him.

After he made the crowd go outside,

He went into the girl's room and gently took hold of her hand.

She immediately stood to her feet and the news of the incredible miracle spread everywhere.

As Jesus left the house,

Two blind men began following him,

Shouting over and over,

Son of David,

Show us mercy and heal us.

And they followed him right into the house where Jesus was staying.

So Jesus asked them,

Do you believe that I have the power to restore sight to your eyes?

They replied,

Yes,

Lord,

We believe.

Then Jesus put his hands over their eyes and said,

You will have what your faith expects.

And instantly their eyes were opened.

They could see.

Then Jesus warned them sternly,

Make sure that you tell no one what just happened.

But unable to contain themselves,

They went out and spread the news everywhere.

While they were leaving,

Some people brought before Jesus a demonized man who couldn't speak.

Jesus cast the demon out of him,

And immediately the man began to speak plainly.

The crowds marveled in astonishment,

Saying,

We've never seen miracles like this in Israel.

But the Pharisees kept saying,

The chief of demons is helping him drive out demons.

Jesus walked throughout the region with the joyful message of God's kingdom realm.

He taught in their meetinghouses,

And wherever he went he demonstrated God's power by healing every kind of disease and illness.

When he saw the vast crowds of people,

Jesus' heart was deeply moved with compassion,

Because they seemed weary and helpless,

Like wandering sheep without a shepherd.

He turned to his disciples and said,

The harvest is huge and ripe,

But there are not enough harvesters to bring it all in.

As you go,

Plead with the owner of the harvest to thrust out many more reapers to harvest his grain.

Matthew Chapter 10 Jesus gathered his twelve disciples,

And imparted to them authority to cast out demons,

And to heal every sickness and every disease.

Now these are the names of the twelve apostles.

First Simon,

Who is nicknamed Peter,

And Andrew his brother,

And then Jacob and John,

Sons of Zebedee.

Next were Philip and Bartholomew,

Then Thomas and Matthew,

The tax collector,

Jacob the son of Alphaeus,

Thaddeus,

Simon,

The former member of the Zealot party,

And Judas the blacksmith,

Who eventually betrayed Jesus.

Jesus sent out the twelve with these instructions,

Don't go into any Gentile or Samaritan territory.

Go instead and find the lost sheep among the people of Israel.

And as you go,

Preach this message,

Heaven's kingdom realm is accessible,

Close enough to touch.

You must continually bring healing to lepers and to those who are sick,

And make it your habit to break off the demonic presence from people,

And raise the dead back to life.

Freely you have received the power of the kingdom,

So freely release it to others.

You won't need a lot of money,

Travel light,

And don't pack an extra change of clothes in your backpack.

Trust God for everything,

Because the one who works for him deserves to be provided for.

Whatever village or town you enter,

Search for an honourable man who will let you into his home until you leave for the next town.

Once you enter a house,

Speak to the family there and say,

God's blessing of peace be upon this house.

And if those living there welcome you,

Let your peace come upon the house.

But if you are rejected,

That blessing of peace will come back upon you.

And if anyone doesn't listen to you and rejects your message,

When you leave the house or town,

Shake the dust off your feet.

Mark my words,

On the day of judgment,

The wicked people who lived in the land of Sodom and Gomorrah will have lesser degree of judgment than the city that rejects you.

For the people of Sodom and Gomorrah did not have the opportunity that was given to them.

Now remember,

It is I who send you out,

Even though you feel vulnerable as lambs going into a pack of wolves.

So be as shrewd as snakes,

Yet as harmless as doves.

Be on your guard,

For there will be those who will betray you before their religious councils,

And brutally beat you with whips in their public gatherings.

And because you follow me,

They will take you to the stand trial in front of rulers,

And even kings as an opportunity to testify of me before them and the unbelievers.

So when they arrest you,

Don't worry about how to speak,

Or what you are to say.

For the Holy Spirit will give you that very moment the words to speak.

It won't be you speaking,

But the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

A brother will betray his brother unto death,

Even a father his child.

Children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

Expect to be hated by all because of my name.

But be faithful to the end and you will experience life and deliverance.

And when they persecute you in one town,

Flee to another.

But I promise you this,

You will not deliver all the cities and towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

A student is not superior to his teacher any more than a servant would be greater than the master.

The student must be satisfied to share his teacher's fate,

And the servant his master's.

If they have called the head of the family Lord of Flies,

No wonder they malign the members of this family.

Don't be afraid or intimidated by others,

For God will bring everything out into the open,

And every secret will be told.

What I say to you in the dark,

Repeat in the broad light,

And what you hear in a whisper,

Announce it publicly.

Don't be in fear of those who can kill only the body,

But not your soul.

Fear only God,

Who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

You can buy two sparrows for only a copper coin,

Yet not even one sparrow falls from its nest without the knowledge of our Father.

Aren't you worth more to God than many sparrows?

So don't worry,

For your Father cares deeply about even the smallest detail of our lives.

If you openly and publicly acknowledge me,

I will freely and openly acknowledge you before the Heavenly Father.

But if you publicly deny that,

You know me,

I will also deny you before my Heavenly Father.

Perhaps you think I've come to spread peace and calm over the earth,

But my coming will bring conflict and division,

Not peace.

Because of me,

A son will turn against his father,

A daughter her mother,

And against her mother-in-law.

Within your own families,

You will find enemies.

Whoever loves father or mother or son or daughter more than me is not fit to be my disciple.

And whoever comes to me must follow in my steps and be willing to share my cross and experience it as his own,

Or he is not worthy of me.

Those who cling to their lives will give up true life,

But those who let go of their lives for my sake and surrender it all to me will discover true life.

Whoever receives you receives me,

And whoever receives me receives the One who sent me.

Whoever receives a prophet,

Because he is God's messenger,

Will share a prophet's reward,

And whoever welcomes a righteous person,

Because he follows me,

Will also share in his reward.

And whoever gives a cup of cold water to one of my disciples,

I promise you,

He will not go unrewarded.

Thank you for listening,

And I hope you have an amazing day.

God bless.

Reviews

So great to hear all the familiar and amazing miracles performed by our Savior. Thanks be to God for the apostles and His written Word. Thank you🙏🏻