Matthew 9:6-10
Matthew 9:6
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He *said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your stretcher and go home.”
Matthew 9:7
And he got up and went home.
Matthew 9:8
But when the crowds saw this, they were awestruck, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men. Matthew Called
Matthew 9:9
As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew sitting in the tax collector’s office; and He *said to him, “Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.
Matthew 9:10
Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and began dining with Jesus and His disciples.