FRIDAY 8TH MARCH 2019
Matthew 9:9-17 New International Version (NIV)
The Calling of Matthew
9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.
10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’[a] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Jesus Questioned About Fasting
14 Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”
15 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
16 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. 17 Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
Footnotes:
- Matthew 9:13 Hosea 6:6
In the above passage we see how Jesus can transform a person's life. In his days Tax collectors were not well liked and were considered sinners. Mathew was a Tax collector, but after Jesus called him, he became one of his students. Another observation here is when Mathew was called by Jesus, he immediately answered the call by leaving his past behind and following Jesus. Do not be afraid to come to Jesus because of your present circumstances. Hear his call, come to him, and he will change you. May God help us to hear is word and follow it.
IJUMAA TAREHE 8 MACHI 2019
MATHAYO 9:9-17
9 Naye Yesu alipokuwa akipita kutoka huko aliona mtu ameketi forodhani, aitwaye Mathayo, akamwambia, Nifuate. Akaondoka, akamfuata.
10 Ikawa alipoketi nyumbani ale chakula, tazama, watoza ushuru wengi na wenye dhambi walikuja wakaketi pamoja na Yesu na wanafunzi wake.
11 Mafarisayo walipoona, waliwaambia wanafunzi wake, Mbona mwalimu wenu anakula pamoja na watoza ushuru na wenye dhambi?
12 Naye aliposikia, aliwaambia, Wenye afya hawahitaji tabibu, bali walio hawawezi.
13 Lakini nendeni, mkajifunze maana yake maneno haya, Nataka rehema, wala si sadaka; kwa maana sikuja kuwaita wenye haki, bali wenye dhambi.
14 Wakati ule wanafunzi wake Yohana wakamwendea, wakasema, Kwa nini sisi na Mafarisayo twafunga, bali wanafunzi wako hawafungi?
15 Yesu akawaambia, Walioalikwa arusini wawezaje kuomboleza, muda bwana arusi akiwapo pamoja nao? Lakini siku zitakuja watakapoondolewa bwana arusi; ndipo watakapofunga.
16 Hakuna mtu atiaye kiraka cha nguo mpya katika vazi kuukuu; maana kile kilichotiwa huondoa kipande cha lile vazi, na pale palipotatuka huzidi.
17 Wala watu hawatii divai mpya katika viriba vikuukuu; na kama wakitia, vile viriba hupasuka, divai ikamwagika, na viriba vikaharibika; bali hutia divai mpya katika viriba vipya, vikahifadhika vyote.
Katika somo hapo juu tunaona jinsi Yesu anavyoweza kubadilisha maisha ya mtu. Katika siku zake watoza ushuru hawakupendwa na watu na walihesabiwa kuwa wenye dhambi. Mathayo alikuwa mtoza ushuru, lakini baada ya Yesu kumwita, akawa mmoja wa wanafunzi wake. Jambo lingine hapa ni wakati Mathew aliitwa na Yesu, mara moja akajibu wito kwa kuondoka na kuacha mambo yake na kumfuata Yesu. Usiogope kuja kwa Yesu kwa sababu ya hali yako ya sasa. Sikiliza wito wake, njoo kwake, na atakubadilisha. Mungu atusaidie kusikia neno lake na kulifuata.
