Matthew 8
1 Large crowds followed Jesus once he'd come down from the mountain.
When Jesus had come down from the hill, great crowds followed him.
2 A leper approached him and bowed down, worshiping him, and said, “Lord, if you're willing, please heal me.”
He saw a leper who came up, and bowed to the ground before him, and said, ‘Master, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean.’
3 Jesus reached out and touched him with his hand. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” Immediately he was healed from his leprosy.
Stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying as he did so, ‘I am willing; become clean.’ Instantly he was made clean from his leprosy;
4 “Make sure you don't tell anyone,” Jesus told him. “Go and show yourself to the priest and give the offering which Moses required as public proof.”
and then Jesus said to him, ‘Be careful not to say a word to anyone, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift directed by Moses, as evidence of your cure.’
5 When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came up to him, begging for help,
After Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion in the Roman army came up to him, entreating his help.
6 “Lord, my servant is at home, lying down, unable to move. He's in terrible agony.”
‘Sir,’ he said, ‘my manservant is lying ill at my house with a stroke of paralysis, and is suffering terribly.’
7 “I will come and heal him,” Jesus replied.
‘I will come and cure him,’ answered Jesus.
8 The centurion answered, “Lord, I don't merit a visit to my home. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
‘Sir,’ the centurion went on, ‘I am unworthy to receive you under my roof; but only speak, and my manservant will be cured.
9 For I am myself under the authority of superiors, while I also have soldiers under my command. I command one, ‘Go!’ and he goes. I command another, ‘Come!’ and he comes. I tell my servant, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”
For I myself am a man under the orders of others, with soldiers under me; and, if I say to one of them “Go,” he goes, and to another “Come,” he comes, and to my slave “Do this,” he does it.’
10 When Jesus heard what he said, he was astonished. He told those who were following him, “I tell you the truth, I haven't found this kind of trust anywhere in Israel.
Jesus was surprised to hear this, and said to those who were following him, ‘Never I tell you, in any Israelite have I met with such faith as this!
11 I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
Yes, and many will come in from East and West and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven;
12 But the heirs of the kingdom will be thrown out into utter darkness where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.”
while the heirs to the kingdom will be banished into the darkness outside; there, there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.’
13 Then Jesus told the centurion, “Go home. Because you trusted that it would happen, what you asked for has been done.” The servant was healed right away.
Then Jesus said to the centurion, ‘Go now, and it will be according to your faith.’ And the man was cured that very hour.
14 When Jesus arrived at Peter's house, he saw that Peter's mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high fever.
When Jesus went into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law prostrated with fever.
15 He touched her hand and the fever left her. She got up and began making him a meal.
On his taking her hand, the fever left her, and she rose and began to take care of him.
16 When evening came they brought many who were demon-possessed to Jesus. He made the spirits leave at his command, and he healed all those who were sick.
In the evening the people brought to Jesus many who were possessed by demons; and he drove out the spirits with a word, and cured all who were ill,
17 This fulfilled what the prophet Isaiah said: “He healed our diseases, and freed us from our illnesses.”
in fulfilment of these words in the prophet Isaiah – “He took our infirmities on himself, and bore the burden of our diseases.”
18 When Jesus saw the crowds around him, he gave instructions that they should go to the other side of the lake.
Seeing a crowd round him, Jesus gave orders to go across.
19 One of the religious teachers approached him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go!”
A teacher of the Law came up to him, and said, ‘Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.’
20 “Foxes have their dens, and wild birds have their nests, but the Son of man has nowhere he can lie down and rest,” Jesus told him.
‘Foxes have holes,’ answered Jesus, ‘and wild birds their nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’
21 Another disciple said to Jesus, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
‘Master,’ said another, who was a disciple, ‘let me first go and bury my father.’
22 “Follow me. Leave the dead to bury their own dead,” Jesus replied.
But Jesus answered, ‘Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.’
23 Then Jesus got into a boat and his disciples went with him.
Then he got into the boat, followed by his disciples.
24 A violent storm suddenly blew up, and waves crashed over the boat, but Jesus went on sleeping.
Suddenly so great a storm came up on the sea, that the waves broke right over the boat. But Jesus was asleep;
25 The disciples went over to him and woke him up. “Save us, Lord! We're going to drown!” they shouted.
and the disciples came and roused him. ‘Master,’ they cried, ‘save us; we are lost!’
26 “Why are you so afraid? Why do you trust so little?” he asked them. Then he got up, and commanded the winds and the waves to stop. Everything was absolutely calm.
‘Why are you so timid?’ he said. ‘You of little faith!’ Then Jesus rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and a great calm followed.
27 The disciples were astonished, and said, “Who is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
The men were amazed, and exclaimed, ‘What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!’
28 When he arrived on the other side, in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men came out of the graveyard to meet him. They were so dangerous that nobody dared to travel that way.
On getting to the other side – the region of the Gadarenes – Jesus met two men who were possessed by demons, coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one was able to pass that way.
29 They shouted out, “What have you got to do with us, you Son of God? Have you come to torture us before our time?”
Suddenly they shrieked out, ‘What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before our time?’
30 In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.
A long way off, there was a herd of many pigs, feeding;
31 The demons pleaded with him, “If you're going to drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
and the foul spirits began begging Jesus, ‘If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.’
32 “Go!” said Jesus. The demons left the men and went into the pigs. The whole herd ran down the steep hillside into the sea and drowned.
‘Go,’ he said. The spirits came out, and entered the pigs; and the whole herd rushed down the steep slope into the sea, and died in the water.
33 The pig herders ran away. They went to the town and told the people there everything that had taken place, and what had happened to the demon-possessed men.
At this the men who tended them ran away and went to the town, carrying the news of all that had occurred, and of what had happened to the possessed men.
34 The whole town came out to meet Jesus. When they found him, they begged him to leave their district.
At the news the whole town went out to meet Jesus, and, when they saw him, they entreated him to go away from their region.
