Matthew 8
1 When Jesus had come down from the hill, great crowds followed him.
When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes 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.’
Behold, a leper came to him and worshipped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you 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;
Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I want to. 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.’
Jesus said to him, “See that you tell nobody; but go, show yourself 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 he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him for help,
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 lies in the house paralysed, grievously tormented.”
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 answered, “Lord, I’m not worthy for you to come under my roof. 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 am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and tell another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and tell 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 it, he marvelled and said to those who followed, “Most certainly I tell you, I haven’t found so great a faith, not 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;
I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, 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 will be thrown out 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.
Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed.” 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 his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.
15 On his taking her hand, the fever left her, and she rose and began to take care of him.
He touched her hand, and the fever left her. So she got up and served 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, they brought to him many possessed with demons. 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.”
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.”
18 Seeing a crowd round him, Jesus gave orders to go across.
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.
19 A teacher of the Law came up to him, and said, ‘Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.’
A scribe came and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you 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, “The 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.’
Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow 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 me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
23 Then he got into the boat, followed by his disciples.
When he got into a boat, 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;
Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves; but he was asleep.
25 and the disciples came and roused him. ‘Master,’ they cried, ‘save us; we are lost!’
The disciples came to him and woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord! We are dying!”
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.
He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the wind 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!’
The men marvelled, saying, “What kind of man is this, that even the wind 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 he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody 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?’
Behold, they cried out, saying, “What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
30 A long way off, there was a herd of many pigs, feeding;
Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.
31 and the foul spirits began begging Jesus, ‘If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.’
The demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away 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!” They came out and went into the herd of pigs; and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff 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 fed them fled and went away into the city and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.
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.
Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.
