NET Bible
"So he stood up and went home."
— Matthew 9:7, NET Bible
When Jesus perceived their thoughts he said,“Why do you respond with evil in your hearts?
Which is easier, to say,‘Your sins are forgiven’ or to say,‘Stand up and walk’?
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”– then he said to the paralytic–“Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.”
So he stood up and went home.
When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.
The Call of Matthew; Eating with Sinners As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth.“Follow me,” he said to him. So he got up and followed him.
As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.