WEBVTT 00:00:00.919 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.740 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:09.019 in a year. Today's reading is from the Gospel 00:00:09.019 --> 00:00:13.019 of Matthew chapter 9, Mark chapter 2, and Luke 00:00:13.019 --> 00:00:18.079 chapter 5. Matthew chapter 9. So he got into 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:21.260 a boat, crossed over, and came to his own city. 00:00:21.500 --> 00:00:24.280 Then behold, they brought to him a paralytic 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:27.440 lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he 00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:30.420 said to the paralytic, Son, Be of good cheer, 00:00:30.579 --> 00:00:33.299 your sins are forgiven you. And at once some 00:00:33.299 --> 00:00:35.920 of the scribes said within themselves, This man 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:38.640 blasphemes. But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:42.240 said, Why do you think evil in your hearts? For 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:45.179 which is easier, to say, Your sins are forgiven 00:00:45.179 --> 00:00:48.679 you, or to say, Arise and walk? But that you 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:51.399 may know that the Son of Man has power on earth 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:54.079 to forgive sins. Then he said to the paralytic, 00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:57.359 Arise, Take up your bed and go to your house. 00:00:57.500 --> 00:01:00.560 And he arose and departed to his house. Now when 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:03.219 the multitude saw it, they marveled and glorified 00:01:03.219 --> 00:01:07.040 God, who had given such power to men. As Jesus 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:10.079 passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:12.780 sitting at the tax office. And he said to him, 00:01:12.859 --> 00:01:16.019 Follow me. So he arose and followed him. Now 00:01:16.019 --> 00:01:18.359 it happened as Jesus sat at the table in the 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:21.459 house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners 00:01:21.459 --> 00:01:24.000 came and sat down with him. and his disciples. 00:01:24.299 --> 00:01:26.879 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:29.920 disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:32.500 collectors and sinners? When Jesus heard that, 00:01:32.579 --> 00:01:35.319 he said to them, Those who are well have no need 00:01:35.319 --> 00:01:38.219 of a physician, but those who are sick. But go 00:01:38.219 --> 00:01:41.099 and learn what this means. I desire mercy and 00:01:41.099 --> 00:01:43.799 not sacrifice. For I did not come to call the 00:01:43.799 --> 00:01:46.730 righteous but sinners to repentance. Then the 00:01:46.730 --> 00:01:49.569 disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do 00:01:49.569 --> 00:01:52.430 we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples 00:01:52.430 --> 00:01:55.489 do not fast? And Jesus said to them, Can the 00:01:55.489 --> 00:01:58.230 friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the 00:01:58.230 --> 00:02:00.730 bridegroom is with them? But the days will come 00:02:00.730 --> 00:02:03.150 when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, 00:02:03.209 --> 00:02:06.370 and then they will fast. No one puts a piece 00:02:06.370 --> 00:02:09.439 of untrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:12.280 pulls away from the garment and the tear is made 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:15.960 worse. Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, 00:02:16.139 --> 00:02:19.099 or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:22.400 and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:25.439 wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved. 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:28.280 While he spoke these things to them, behold, 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:31.580 a ruler came and worshipped him, saying, My daughter 00:02:31.580 --> 00:02:34.580 has just died, but come and lay your hand on 00:02:34.580 --> 00:02:37.939 her, and she will live. So Jesus arose and followed 00:02:37.939 --> 00:02:41.240 him. And so did his disciples. And suddenly a 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:43.659 woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years 00:02:43.659 --> 00:02:46.460 came from behind and touched the hem of his garment. 00:02:46.699 --> 00:02:49.360 For she said to herself, If only I may touch 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:52.280 his garment, I shall be made well. But Jesus 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:54.659 turned around, and when he saw her, he said, 00:02:54.879 --> 00:02:57.840 Be of good cheer, daughter. Your faith has made 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:00.340 you well. And the woman was made well from that 00:03:00.340 --> 00:03:03.099 hour. When Jesus came into the ruler's house 00:03:03.099 --> 00:03:05.680 and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:08.580 wailing, he said to them, Make room, for the 00:03:08.580 --> 00:03:11.740 girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they ridiculed 00:03:11.740 --> 00:03:14.620 him. But when the crowd was put outside, he went 00:03:14.620 --> 00:03:16.960 in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. 00:03:17.300 --> 00:03:19.939 And the report of this went out into all that 00:03:19.939 --> 00:03:23.080 land. When Jesus departed from there, two blind 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:25.979 men followed him, crying out and saying, Son 00:03:25.979 --> 00:03:28.599 of David, have mercy on us. And when he had come 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:31.139 into the house, the blind men came to him, and 00:03:31.139 --> 00:03:33.340 Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am 00:03:33.340 --> 00:03:35.960 able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord. 00:03:36.509 --> 00:03:38.889 Then he touched their eyes, saying, According 00:03:38.889 --> 00:03:42.310 to your faith, let it be to you. And their eyes 00:03:42.310 --> 00:03:44.990 were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, 00:03:45.270 --> 00:03:48.849 See that no one knows it. But when they had departed, 00:03:49.150 --> 00:03:51.810 they spread the news about him in all that country. 00:03:52.289 --> 00:03:55.129 As they went out, behold, they brought to him 00:03:55.129 --> 00:03:58.330 a man mute and demon -possessed. And when the 00:03:58.330 --> 00:04:01.710 demon was cast out, the mute spoke, and the multitudes 00:04:01.710 --> 00:04:04.569 marveled, saying, It was never seen like this 00:04:04.569 --> 00:04:08.479 in Israel. But the Pharisees said, He casts out 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:11.479 demons by the ruler of the demons. Then Jesus 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:14.340 went about all the cities and villages, teaching 00:04:14.340 --> 00:04:16.920 in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:19.879 the kingdom and healing every sickness and every 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:22.439 disease among the people. But when he saw the 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:24.839 multitudes, he was moved with compassion for 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:27.920 them because they were weary and scattered, like 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:30.560 sheep having no shepherd. Then he said to his 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:33.759 disciples, The harvest truly is plentiful, but 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:36.920 the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:40.040 of the harvest to send out laborers into his 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:46.720 harvest. Mark 2 And again he entered Capernaum 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:49.279 after some days, and it was heard that he was 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:52.139 in the house. Immediately many gathered together, 00:04:52.300 --> 00:04:54.879 so that there was no longer room to receive them, 00:04:55.100 --> 00:04:58.139 not even near the door. And he preached the word 00:04:58.139 --> 00:05:00.939 to them. Then it came to him bringing a paralytic, 00:05:01.060 --> 00:05:03.750 who was carried by four men. And when they could 00:05:03.750 --> 00:05:06.709 not come near him because of the crowd, they 00:05:06.709 --> 00:05:09.529 uncovered the roof where he was. So when they 00:05:09.529 --> 00:05:12.250 had broken through, they let down the bed on 00:05:12.250 --> 00:05:14.810 which the paralytic was lying. When Jesus saw 00:05:14.810 --> 00:05:17.709 their faith, he said to the paralytic, Son, your 00:05:17.709 --> 00:05:20.389 sins are forgiven you. And some of the scribes 00:05:20.389 --> 00:05:22.509 were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts. 00:05:22.709 --> 00:05:25.250 Why does this man speak blasphemies like this? 00:05:25.410 --> 00:05:29.079 Who can forgive sins but God alone? But immediately 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:32.000 when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:34.720 reasoned thus within themselves, he said to them, 00:05:35.180 --> 00:05:37.500 Why do you reason about these things in your 00:05:37.500 --> 00:05:40.519 hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 00:05:40.579 --> 00:05:43.240 your sins are forgiven you, or to say, arise, 00:05:43.620 --> 00:05:46.560 take up your bed and walk? But that you may know 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:49.379 that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive 00:05:49.379 --> 00:05:52.589 sins. He said to the paralytic, I say to you, 00:05:52.629 --> 00:05:55.610 arise, take up your bed, and go to your house. 00:05:56.149 --> 00:05:59.050 Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went 00:05:59.050 --> 00:06:01.569 out in the presence of them all, so that all 00:06:01.569 --> 00:06:04.610 were amazed and glorified God, saying, We never 00:06:04.610 --> 00:06:07.649 saw anything like this. Then he went out again 00:06:07.649 --> 00:06:10.189 by the sea, and all the multitude came to him, 00:06:10.209 --> 00:06:13.110 and he taught them. As he passed by, he saw Levi, 00:06:13.370 --> 00:06:16.449 the son of Alphaeus, sitting in the tax office. 00:06:16.629 --> 00:06:19.699 And he said to him, Follow me. So he arose and 00:06:19.699 --> 00:06:22.500 followed him. Now it happened, as he was dining 00:06:22.500 --> 00:06:25.399 in Levi's house, that many tax collectors and 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:28.319 sinners also sat together with Jesus and his 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:30.939 disciples. For there were many, and they followed 00:06:30.939 --> 00:06:34.259 him. And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him 00:06:34.259 --> 00:06:36.699 eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they 00:06:36.699 --> 00:06:39.660 said to his disciples, How is it that he eats 00:06:39.660 --> 00:06:42.740 and drinks with tax collectors and sinners? When 00:06:42.740 --> 00:06:45.399 Jesus heard it, he said to them, Those who are 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:48.100 well have no need of a physician, but those who 00:06:48.100 --> 00:06:50.680 are sick, I did not come to call the righteous 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:54.279 but sinners to repentance. The disciples of John 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:57.680 and of the Pharisees were fasting. Then they 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:00.100 came and said to him, Why do the disciples of 00:07:00.100 --> 00:07:03.160 John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:06.639 do not fast? And Jesus said to them, Can the 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:08.819 friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom 00:07:08.819 --> 00:07:11.899 is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom 00:07:11.899 --> 00:07:14.519 with them, they cannot fast. But the days will 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:17.240 come when the bridegroom will be taken away from 00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:19.709 them. And then they will fast in those days. 00:07:19.949 --> 00:07:23.470 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old 00:07:23.470 --> 00:07:26.990 garment, or else the new piece pulls away from 00:07:26.990 --> 00:07:29.990 the old and the tear is made worse. And no one 00:07:29.990 --> 00:07:33.290 puts new wineskin into old wineskins, or else 00:07:33.290 --> 00:07:36.269 the new wine bursts the wineskins, and the wine 00:07:36.269 --> 00:07:38.939 is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. but 00:07:38.939 --> 00:07:41.980 new wine must be put into new wineskins now it 00:07:41.980 --> 00:07:44.240 happened that he went through the grain fields 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:46.839 on the sabbath and as they went his disciples 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:49.860 began to pluck the heads of grain and the pharisees 00:07:49.860 --> 00:07:53.360 said to him look why do they do what is not lawful 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:56.060 on the sabbath but he said to them have you never 00:07:56.060 --> 00:07:59.259 read what david did when he was in need and hungry 00:07:59.259 --> 00:08:02.370 he and those with him How he went into the house 00:08:02.370 --> 00:08:04.810 of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, 00:08:04.970 --> 00:08:07.730 and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to 00:08:07.730 --> 00:08:10.430 eat except for the priests, and also gave some 00:08:10.430 --> 00:08:13.209 to those who were with him. And he said to them, 00:08:13.310 --> 00:08:16.089 The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for 00:08:16.089 --> 00:08:19.290 the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of Man is also 00:08:19.290 --> 00:08:27.230 the Lord of the Sabbath. So it was as the multitude 00:08:27.230 --> 00:08:30.230 pressed about him to hear the word of God that 00:08:30.230 --> 00:08:33.049 he stood by the lake of Gennesaret and saw two 00:08:33.049 --> 00:08:35.269 boats standing by the lake but the fishermen 00:08:35.269 --> 00:08:37.850 had gone from them and were washing their nets. 00:08:38.070 --> 00:08:41.210 Then he got into one of the boats which was Simon's 00:08:41.210 --> 00:08:43.629 and asked him to put out a little from the land 00:08:43.629 --> 00:08:46.289 and he sat down and taught the multitudes from 00:08:46.289 --> 00:08:48.730 the boat. When he had stopped speaking he said 00:08:48.730 --> 00:08:51.769 to Simon launch out into the deep and let down 00:08:51.769 --> 00:08:54.870 your nets for a catch. But Simon answered and 00:08:54.870 --> 00:08:57.809 said to him, Master, we have toiled all night 00:08:57.809 --> 00:09:00.789 and caught nothing. Nevertheless, at your word 00:09:00.789 --> 00:09:03.690 I will let down the net. And when they had done 00:09:03.690 --> 00:09:06.350 this, they caught a great number of fish, and 00:09:06.350 --> 00:09:08.929 their net was breaking. So they signaled to their 00:09:08.929 --> 00:09:12.090 partners in the other boat to come and help them. 00:09:12.250 --> 00:09:14.870 And they came and filled both the boats, so that 00:09:14.870 --> 00:09:17.879 they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, 00:09:17.899 --> 00:09:20.940 he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart 00:09:20.940 --> 00:09:24.399 from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For he 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:26.820 and all who were with him were astonished at 00:09:26.820 --> 00:09:29.759 the catch of fish which they had taken. And so 00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:32.379 also were James and John the sons of Zebedee, 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:35.220 who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said 00:09:35.220 --> 00:09:38.580 to Simon, Do not be afraid. From now on you will 00:09:38.580 --> 00:09:41.639 catch men. So when they had brought their boats 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:45.230 to land, they forsook all and followed him. And 00:09:45.230 --> 00:09:47.950 it happened when he was in a certain city, that, 00:09:48.009 --> 00:09:51.210 behold, a man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus, 00:09:51.450 --> 00:09:53.830 and he fell on his face and implored him, saying, 00:09:54.070 --> 00:09:57.110 Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean. 00:09:57.389 --> 00:09:59.990 Then he put out his hand and touched him, saying, 00:10:00.230 --> 00:10:04.110 I am willing, be cleansed. Immediately the leprosy 00:10:04.110 --> 00:10:06.710 left him, and he charged him to tell no one, 00:10:06.809 --> 00:10:09.450 but go and show yourself to the priest and make 00:10:09.450 --> 00:10:11.730 an offering for your cleansing as a testimony 00:10:11.730 --> 00:10:15.299 to them. just as Moses commanded. However, the 00:10:15.299 --> 00:10:18.299 report went around concerning him all the more, 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:21.480 and great multitudes came together to hear, and 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:24.279 to be healed by him of their infirmities. So 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:26.299 he himself often withdrew into the wilderness 00:10:26.299 --> 00:10:29.220 and prayed. Now it happened on a certain day, 00:10:29.299 --> 00:10:31.539 as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees 00:10:31.539 --> 00:10:34.659 and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come 00:10:34.659 --> 00:10:37.419 out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem, 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:39.860 and the power of the Lord was present to heal 00:10:39.860 --> 00:10:43.159 them. Then behold, men brought on a bed a man 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:45.480 who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:47.899 in and lay before him. And when they could not 00:10:47.899 --> 00:10:51.240 find how they might bring him in because of the 00:10:51.240 --> 00:10:54.259 crowd, they went up on a housetop and let him 00:10:54.259 --> 00:10:57.340 down with his bed through the tiling into the 00:10:57.340 --> 00:11:00.000 midst before Jesus. When he saw their faith, 00:11:00.139 --> 00:11:03.399 he said to him, Man, your sins are forgiven you. 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:05.799 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:08.980 saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who 00:11:08.980 --> 00:11:12.440 can forgive sins but God alone? But when Jesus 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:14.879 perceived their thoughts, he answered and said 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:17.299 to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts? 00:11:17.539 --> 00:11:20.679 Which is easier, to say, Your sins are forgiven 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:24.200 you, or to say, Rise up and walk? But that you 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:26.740 may know that the Son of Man has power on earth 00:11:26.740 --> 00:11:29.720 to forgive sins, he said to the man who was paralyzed, 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:33.519 I say to you, Arise, take up your bed, and go 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:36.269 to your house. Immediately he rose up before 00:11:36.269 --> 00:11:39.169 them, took up what he had been lying on, and 00:11:39.169 --> 00:11:42.470 departed to his own house, glorifying God. And 00:11:42.470 --> 00:11:44.850 they were all amazed, and they glorified God, 00:11:45.110 --> 00:11:47.769 and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen 00:11:47.769 --> 00:11:51.409 strange things today. After these things he went 00:11:51.409 --> 00:11:54.129 out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting 00:11:54.129 --> 00:11:56.289 at the tax office, and he said to him, Follow 00:11:56.289 --> 00:11:59.389 me. So he left all, rose up, and followed him. 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:02.899 Then Levi gave him a great feast in his own house, 00:12:03.019 --> 00:12:05.700 and there were a great number of tax collectors 00:12:05.700 --> 00:12:08.460 and others who sat down with them. And their 00:12:08.460 --> 00:12:10.759 scribes and the Pharisees complained against 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:13.940 his disciples, saying, Why do you eat and drink 00:12:13.940 --> 00:12:16.820 with tax collectors and sinners? Jesus answered 00:12:16.820 --> 00:12:19.139 and said to them, Those who are well have no 00:12:19.139 --> 00:12:21.279 need of a physician, but those who are sick. 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:24.259 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:27.600 to repentance. Then they said to him, Why do 00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:30.279 the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:33.259 and likewise those of the Pharisees, but yours 00:12:33.259 --> 00:12:36.820 eat and drink? And he said to them, Can you make 00:12:36.820 --> 00:12:39.100 the friends of the bridegroom fast while the 00:12:39.100 --> 00:12:41.860 bridegroom is with them? But the days will come 00:12:41.860 --> 00:12:44.559 when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. 00:12:44.659 --> 00:12:47.960 Then they will fast in those days. Then he spoke 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:51.049 a parable to them. No one puts a piece from a 00:12:51.049 --> 00:12:54.169 new garment on an old one. Otherwise, the new 00:12:54.169 --> 00:12:56.750 makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken 00:12:56.750 --> 00:12:59.870 out of the new does not match the old. And no 00:12:59.870 --> 00:13:03.169 one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else 00:13:03.169 --> 00:13:05.830 the new wine will burst the wineskins and be 00:13:05.830 --> 00:13:08.730 spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. But 00:13:08.730 --> 00:13:11.809 new wine must be put into new wineskins, and 00:13:11.809 --> 00:13:15.149 both are preserved. And no one having drunk old 00:13:15.149 --> 00:13:18.809 wine immediately desires new, for he says, the 00:13:18.809 --> 00:13:26.740 old is better. I hope you enjoyed today's reading 00:13:26.740 --> 00:13:29.080 as much as I did and I look forward to seeing 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:31.139 you again tomorrow to continue on our journey. 00:13:31.259 --> 00:13:32.919 God bless you and have a great day.