at table with Jesus and his disciples. (11)And the
Pharisees, seeing it, said to his disciples: Why does your teacher eat
with the publicans and the sinners? (12)And Jesus hearing it, said:
They who are well need not a physician, but they who are sick. (13)But
go, and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice; for I
came not to call righteous men, but sinners.

(14)Then come to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the
Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples fast not? (15)And Jesus said
to them: Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn[9:15], so long as the
bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will
be taken from them, and then they will fast. (16)And no one puts a
piece of unfulled cloth on an old garment; for that which fills it up
takes from the garment, and a worse rent is made. (17)Nor do they put
new wine into old skins; else the skins burst, and the wine runs out,
and the skins are destroyed. But they put new wine into new skins, and
both are preserved together.

(18)While he was speaking these things to them, behold, there came a
ruler, and bowed down to him, saying: My daughter just now died; but
come and lay thy hand upon her, and she will live. (19)And Jesus arose
and was following him, he and his disciples. (20)And behold, a woman,
having a flow of blood twelve years, came behind, and touched the
fringe of his garment. (21)For she said within herself: If I only
touch his garment, I shall be made whole. (22)And Jesus, turning and
seeing her, said: Daughter, be of good cheer; thy faith has made thee
whole. (23)And the woman was made whole from that hour. And Jesus,
coming into the house of the ruler, and seeing the minstrels and the
crowd making a noise, (24)said: Give place; for the maiden is not
dead, but is sleeping. And they laughed him to scorn. (25)But when the
crowd was put forth, he went in, and took hold of her hand, and the
maiden arose. (26)And this report went abroad into all that land.

(27)And as Jesus passed on from thence, two blind men followed him,
crying, and saying: Have mercy on us, Son of David. (28)And when he
had come into the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus says to
them: Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say to him: Yea,
Lord. (29)Then he touched their eyes, saying: According to your faith
be it done to you. (30)And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly
charged them, saying: Take heed, let no one know it. (31)B