Matthew 8
1 When Jesus had come down from the hill, great crowds followed him.
And as he descended from the mountain, great multitudes gathered around him.
2 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.’
And behold, a leper came and worshipped him, and said: My Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
3 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;
And Jesus stretched forth his hand, touched him, and said: I will: be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
4 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.’
And Jesus said to him, See, thou tell no man: but go, show thyself to the priests, and present an oblation as Moses enjoined, for a testimony to them.
5 After Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion in the Roman army came up to him, entreating his help.
And when Jesus had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, and besought him,
6 ‘Sir,’ he said, ‘my manservant is lying ill at my house with a stroke of paralysis, and is suffering terribly.’
and said: My Lord, my child lieth at home an is paralytic, and badly afflicted.
7 ‘I will come and cure him,’ answered Jesus.
Jesus said to him, I will come and heal him.
8 ‘Sir,’ the centurion went on, ‘I am unworthy to receive you under my roof; but only speak, and my manservant will be cured.
The centurion replied, and said: My Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my child will be healed.
9 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.’
For I also am a man under authority, and there are soldiers under my hands, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this thing, and he doeth it.
10 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!
And when Jesus heard this, he admired it; and he said to those walking with him, Verily I say to you, I have not found faith like this even in Israel.
11 Yes, and many will come in from East and West and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven;
And I say to you, that many shall come from the east, and from the west, and shall recline with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven;
12 while the heirs to the kingdom will be banished into the darkness outside; there, there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.’
but the children of the kingdom shall go forth into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, ‘Go now, and it will be according to your faith.’ And the man was cured that very hour.
And Jesus said to the centurion. Go; be it to thee as thou hast believed. And his child was cured in that same hour.
14 When Jesus went into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law prostrated with fever.
And Jesus came to the house of Simon and saw his wife's mother prostrate, confined by a fever.
15 On his taking her hand, the fever left her, and she rose and began to take care of him.
And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose and ministered to them.
16 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,
And when it was evening, they brought many demoniacs before him; and he expelled their demons by a word, and healed all them that were diseased:
17 in fulfilment of these words in the prophet Isaiah – “He took our infirmities on himself, and bore the burden of our diseases.”
that so might be fulfilled that which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, who said: He will bear our sorrows, and our infirmities he will take upon him.
18 Seeing a crowd round him, Jesus gave orders to go across.
And when Jesus saw great multitudes, around him, he ordered that they should go to the site shore.
19 A teacher of the Law came up to him, and said, ‘Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.’
And a Scribe came and said to him: Rabbi, I will follow thee to the place whither thou goest.
20 ‘Foxes have holes,’ answered Jesus, ‘and wild birds their nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’
Jesus said to him, For foxes there are holes, and for the birds of heaven there are nests; but for the Son of man, there is not where he may recline his head.
21 ‘Master,’ said another, who was a disciple, ‘let me first go and bury my father.’
And another of his disciples said to him: My Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
22 But Jesus answered, ‘Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.’
But Jesus said to him: Follow thou me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.
23 Then he got into the boat, followed by his disciples.
And when Jesus entered the ship, his disciples embarked with him.
24 Suddenly so great a storm came up on the sea, that the waves broke right over the boat. But Jesus was asleep;
And lo, a great commotion arose in the sea, so that the vessel was covered by the waves. But Jesus was asleep:
25 and the disciples came and roused him. ‘Master,’ they cried, ‘save us; we are lost!’
and his disciples came to awake him, and said to him: Our Lord, deliver us; we are perishing!
26 ‘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.
Jesus said to them, Why are ye afraid, ye small in faith! Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the sea; and there was great tranquillity.
27 The men were amazed, and exclaimed, ‘What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!’
And the men were amazed; and they said, What a man is this, to whom the winds and the sea are obedient!
28 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.
And when Jesus arrived at the farther shore, in the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two demoniacs, who came out from the sepulchres, very furious, so that no one could pass that way.
29 Suddenly they shrieked out, ‘What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before our time?’
And they cried out, and said: What have we to do with thee? Jesus, thou Son of God. Hast thou come hither before the time to torment us?
30 A long way off, there was a herd of many pigs, feeding;
And at a distance from them there was a herd of many swine feeding
31 and the foul spirits began begging Jesus, ‘If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.’
And the demons entreated of him, and said: If thou cast us out, suffer us to go into the herd of swine.
32 ‘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.
And Jesus said to them, Go ye. And immediately they came out, and entered into the swine; and that whole herd ran straight to a precipice and plunged into the sea, and perished in the waters.
33 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.
And the herdsmen fled, and entered the city, and related all that had occurred, and concerning the demoniacs.
34 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.
And all the city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him to retire from their coasts.
