Matthew 8

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The Leper’s Prayer

¹When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.

¹And on His having come down from the mountain, many crowds followed Him.

²Suddenly a leper^a came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

²And behold, a leper, having come, was kneeling down to Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You are able to cleanse me.”

³Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

³And having stretched out the hand, He touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

⁴Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”^a

⁴And Jesus says to him, “See that you tell no one. But go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”

The Faith of the Centurion

⁵When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,

⁵And on His having entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, imploring Him

⁶“Lord, my servant^a lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”

⁶and saying, “Lord, my servant is laid in the house a paralytic, terribly tormented.”

⁷“I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied.

⁷And He says to him, “I, having gone, will heal him.”

⁸The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

⁸But answering, the centurion said, “Lord, I am not fit that You should enter under my roof; but only say a word, and my servant will be healed.

⁹For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”

⁹For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And 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.”

¹⁰When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

¹⁰And having heard, Jesus marveled and said to those following, “Truly I say to you, with no one in Israel did I find such great faith.

¹¹I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

¹¹And I say to you that many will come from east and west and will recline with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens.

¹²But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

¹²But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness—there will be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.”

¹³Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.

¹³And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you believed, let it be to you.” And his servant was healed in that very hour.

Jesus Heals at Peter’s House

¹⁴When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.

¹⁴And Jesus, having come to the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law laid and having a fever.

¹⁵So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve Him.

¹⁵And He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose and was serving Him.

¹⁶When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

¹⁶And evening having come, they brought to Him many being possessed by demons, and He cast out the spirits with a word and healed all those being ill,

¹⁷This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

“He took up our infirmities

and carried our diseases.”^a

¹⁷so that it might be fulfilled, that having been spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities, and carried the diseases.”

The Cost of Discipleship

¹⁸When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.^a

¹⁸And Jesus, having seen a great crowd around Him, commanded to go away to the other side.

¹⁹And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”

¹⁹And having come, one scribe said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You may go.”

²⁰Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

²⁰And Jesus says to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere He might lay the head.”

²¹Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

²¹And another of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, allow me first to go away and to bury my father.”

²²But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

²²But Jesus says to him, “Follow Me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

Jesus Calms the Storm

²³When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.

²³And on His having entered into the boat, His disciples followed Him.

²⁴Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves. But Jesus was sleeping.

²⁴And behold, a great storm arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves; but He Himself was sleeping.

²⁵The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”

²⁵And having come, they awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”

²⁶“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.

²⁶And He says to them, “Why are you cowardly, O little of faith?” Then, having arisen, He rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

²⁷The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”

²⁷And the men marveled, saying, “What kind is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

The Demons and the Pigs

²⁸When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes,^a He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

²⁸And on His having come to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two men being possessed by demons met Him, coming out of the tombs, extremely violent, so as for no one to have strength to pass by that way.

²⁹“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

²⁹And behold, they cried out, saying, “What to us and to You, Son of God? Did You come here to torment us before the time?”

³⁰In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.

³⁰Now there was far off from them a herd of many pigs feeding.

³¹So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

³¹And the demons were imploring Him, saying, “If You cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.”

³²“Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.

³²And He said to them, “Go!” And having gone out, they went away into the pigs, and behold, all the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.

³³Those tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men.

³³And those feeding them fled, and having gone away into the city, they related everything, and the matter of those being possessed by demons.

³⁴Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.

³⁴And behold, all the city went out to meet Jesus. And having seen Him, they implored Him that He might depart from their borders.