OrthJBC - Matthew - 9

9:1  And, having embarked into a sirah (boat), Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach crossed over [to the other side of the lake] and came into his own town.

9:2  And--hinei!--they brought to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach a paralytic lying upon a mat. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, having seen their emunah, said to the paralytic, "Chazak! (Be strong!) Selicha (forgiveness) is granted on your averos (sins)!"

9:3  And--hinei!--some of the Sofrim said to themselves, "This one commits Chillul Hashem!" [VAYIKRA 22:32]

9:4  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, reading their minds, said, "Why are you thinking ra'ah (evil) in your levavot (hearts)?

9:5  For which is easier to say, `Selicha is granted on your averos!` or`Arise and walk!`?

9:6  But in order that you may know that the Ben HaAdam [Moshiach, Daniel 7:13-14] has samchut * (authority) on earth to pronounce selicha (forgiveness) on chatta'im (sins)"--Moshiach then declared to the paralytic--"Arise, take up your mat and go to your bais (house)."

9:7  And arising, he went away to his bais.

9:8  And having witnessed this, the multitudes experienced yirat Shomayim and gave kavod to Hashem, who had given such samchut to men. THE KERI'AH (CALLING) OF MATTITYAHU THE MOCHES --THE SICHAS SEUDAH SHEL TALMIDE CHACHAMIM (THE TABLE TALK OF THE WISE)

9:9  And going away from there, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach saw a man called Mattityahu sitting in the tax office. And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to him, "Follow me." And Mattityahu arose and followed him.

9:10  And it came about that while Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was sitting bimesibba (reclining) at tish (table) in the bais--hinei!--many mochesim (tax collectors) and chote'im (sinners) came and were sitting bimesibba (reclining) at tish (table) with Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach and his talmidim.

9:11  When the Perushim saw this, they were saying to Moshiach's talmidim, "Why does your Rebbe eat with the mochesim and the chote'im?"

9:12  But when Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach heard this, he said, "It is not the bari'im (healthy ones) who have need of a rofeh (physician), but the cholim.

9:13  Go and learn what this means: CHESED CHAFATZTI V'LO ZEVACH ("I desire lovingkindness/mercy and not sacrifice" HOSHEA 6:6), for I have not come to call the tzaddikim but the chatta'im [to teshuva]. SHA'LOT ABOUT TZOMOT (FASTS) LEAD TO DIVREI TORAH ON THE NEED FOR MOSHIACH'S ORTHODOX JUDAISM AND ITS NEW WINESKINS (SEE ACTS CHAPTERS 15 AND 21)

9:14  Then Yochanan's talmidim approached Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, saying, "Why do we and the Perushim often undergo tzomot (fasts), but your talmidim do not undergo tzomot?"

9:15  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, "Surely the Bnei haChuppah (wedding invitees) are not able to act as avelim (mourners) as long as the Chosson (Bridegroom) is with them. But the days will come when the Chosson is taken away from them, and then they will undergo tzomot.

9:16  No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.

9:17  Neither do men put yayin chadash (new wine) into old wineskins; otherwise, the wineskins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they pour yayin chadash into new wineskins, and both are preserved." MOSHIACH'S TZITZIT AND TAHARAT HAMISHPOCHAH: EMUNAH AS THE MEANS OF BRINGING WOMEN BACK FROM THE STATE OF ESCHATOLOGICAL NIDDAH (SEPARATION)

9:18  While Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was speaking these things to them--hinei--one of the nichbadim (dignitaries) [of the shul] came and fell down before Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, saying, "The bat (daughter) of me has just become niftar, but come lay your hand upon her and she will live."

9:19  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach arose and, with his talmidim, followed him.

9:20  And--hinei!--an isha (woman) hemorrhaging twelve years approached him from behind and touched his garment at Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach's tzitzit.

9:21  For she was saying to herself, "If only I might touch his garment, I will receive refu'ah (healing)."

9:22  Turning and seeing her, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, "Chazak, bat (daughter) of me! Your emunah has brought you refu'ah." And the isha was healed from that hour.

9:23  And having come into the bais (house) of the nichbad (dignitary), and having seen the flute players and the unruly crowd,

9:24  Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was saying, "Go away! For the yaldah (girl) is not among the mesim (dead ones)--she sleeps!" And they were making leitzonus (mockery, fun) of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.

9:25  But when the crowd had been put outside, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach went in and took the yaldah by the hand and the yaldah was made to stand up alive.

9:26  And this shema (report) went out into all that region.

9:27  And as Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach went on from there, two iverim (blind men) followed him, shouting loudly, "Chaneinu, Ben Dovid!"

9:28  And when Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach entered the bais (house), the iverim (blind men) approached him and he says to them, "Do you have emunah that I am able to do this?" They say to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, "Ken, Adoneinu."

9:29  Then Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach touched their eyes, saying, "According to your emunah, let it be done for you."

9:30  And their eyes were opened. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach sternly warned them, saying, "See to it that no one knows!"

9:31  But having gone out, they made Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach known in that entire district.

9:32  After they had departed, the people brought to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach a mute man who was possessed by shedim.

9:33  And when the shedim had been cast out by Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, the mute man spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying, "Never was anything like this seen in eretz-Yisroel!"

9:34  But the Perushim said, "It was by the Sar HaShedim (the Prince of Demons) that this man casts out shedim!" THE RACHMONUS OF REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH

9:35  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach went about all the towns and villages exercising the ministry of moreh (teacher) in their shuls and of maggid (preacher) of the Besuras HaGeulah of the Malchut Hashem and bringing refu'ah to all the cholim, every machla (disease) and every illness.

9:36  And looking out on the multitudes, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach felt rachamanut (mercy, compassion, sympathy) for his people, for they were distressed and nil'ah (weary) KA-TZON ASHER EIN LAHEM RO'EH (`like sheep without a shepherd,` BAMIDBAR 27:17).

9:37  Then Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to his talmidim, "The katzir (harvest) is indeed great but the kotzerim (harvesters) are few.

9:38  Therefore, offer tefillos to the Adon HaKatzir (the L-rd of the Harvest) that He may send out Kotzerim into His Katzir.