Matthew 9 is the ninth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and continues the narrative about Jesus' ministry in Galilee as he ministers to the public, working miracles, and going through all the cities and towns of the area, preaching the gospel, and healing every disease. This chapter opens with Jesus back in "his own town", i.e. Capernaum. Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 25 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: Codex Vaticanus (AD 325–350) Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330–360; complete) Codex Bezae (ca. AD 400) Codex Washingtonianus (ca. AD 400) Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450; complete) Minuscule 828 (Codex 828; 12th century) Old Testament references Matthew 9:13: : Structure This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to parallel texts in Mark and Luke): = Healing the paralytic at Capernaum (; ) = Calling of Matthew (; ) = On fasting (; ) = New Wine into Old Wineskins (; ) = Daughter of Jairus (; ) = Jesus healing the bleeding woman (; ) = Healing the two blind men in Galilee () = Jesus exorcising a mute = Jesus' compassion Miracles The Jerusalem Bible notes that the ten miracles recorded in chapters 8 and 9 demonstrate the power of Jesus over nature, sickness, death and devils. New Testament scholar Dale Allison notes that these "merciful deeds" performed by Jesus, along with those in the previous chapter, are all undertaken for the benefit of "people from the margins of Jewish society or without status". Henry Alford describes these deeds as a "solemn procession of miracles", whose record confirms "the authority with which our Lord had spoken". Pharisees This chapter develops Matthew's account of the hostility which the Pharisees, (one of the sects of Second Temple Judaism), showed towards Jesus and his disciples. Following the calling of Matthew, Jesus and his disciples are invited to eat in the house ( - this is often understood to refer to Matthew's house, because in the house is clearly that of Matthew known also as Levi) and "many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples". The Pharisees in all three synoptic gospels ask the disciples why Jesus eats with tax collectors and sinners ("such scum" in the New Living Translation) and the question is either relayed back