Matthew 8
1 When Jesus had come down from the hill, great crowds followed him.
When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed 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 bowed down before him, saying, “Lord, if yoʋ are willing, yoʋ can 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;
So Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean.” 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.’
Then Jesus said to him, “Be sure not to tell anyone about this, but go show yoʋrself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
5 After Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion in the Roman army came up to him, entreating his help.
When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him and pleaded with him,
6 ‘Sir,’ he said, ‘my manservant is lying ill at my house with a stroke of paralysis, and is suffering terribly.’
saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.”
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.
But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have yoʋ enter under my roof, but just say the word, and my servant 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 too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does 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!
When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those who were following him, “Truly I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.
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;
I tell you that many will come from east and west, and recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the banquet table 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 sons of the kingdom will be cast into the outer darkness; in that place 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.
Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; it will be done for you just as yoʋ have believed.” And his servant was healed in that hour.
14 When Jesus went into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law prostrated with fever.
When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.
15 On his taking her hand, the fever left her, and she rose and began to take care of him.
So he touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she rose and began to serve him.
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,
When evening came, many who were possessed by demons were brought to him, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick.
17 in fulfilment of these words in the prophet Isaiah – “He took our infirmities on himself, and bore the burden of our diseases.”
This was to fulfill what had been spoken by Isaiah the prophet: “He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.”
18 Seeing a crowd round him, Jesus gave orders to go across.
When Jesus saw the large crowds around him, he gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea.
19 A teacher of the Law came up to him, and said, ‘Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.’
Then a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow yoʋ wherever yoʋ go.”
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, “Foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
21 ‘Master,’ said another, who was a disciple, ‘let me first go and bury my father.’
Then another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first 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 me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
23 Then he got into the boat, followed by his disciples.
Then he got into the boat, and his disciples followed 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 behold, a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But Jesus was asleep.
25 and the disciples came and roused him. ‘Master,’ they cried, ‘save us; we are lost!’
So the disciples came to him and woke him, saying, “Lord, save 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.
But he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
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, saying, “What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?”
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.
When Jesus came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gergesenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs. They were so fierce that no one could pass by 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 behold, they cried out, “What do yoʋ have to do with us, Jesus, Son of God? Have yoʋ come here to torment us before the appointed time?”
30 A long way off, there was a herd of many pigs, feeding;
Now at a distance from them there was a herd of many pigs feeding.
31 and the foul spirits began begging Jesus, ‘If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.’
So the demons begged Jesus, “If yoʋ cast us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.”
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.
He said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the herd of pigs, and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the water.
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.
Those who had been feeding the pigs then ran off, went into the city, and reported everything, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.
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 behold, the whole city went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to depart from their region.
