Matthew - Chapter 8 | English Standard Version

  • 1. When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
  • 2. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you will, you can make me clean."
  • 3. And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, {cf6 "I will; be clean."} And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
  • 4. And Jesus said to him, {cf6 "See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them."}
  • 5. When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him,
  • 6. "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly."
  • 7. And he said to him, {cf6 "I will come and heal him."}
  • 8. But the centurion replied, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.
  • 9. For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
  • 10. When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, {cf6 "Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith.}
  • 11. {cf6 I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,}
  • 12. {cf6 while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."}
  • 13. And to the centurion Jesus said, {cf6 "Go; let it be done for you as you have believed."} And the servant was healed at that very moment.
  • 14. And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.
  • 15. He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him.
  • 16. That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick.
  • 17. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "He took our illnesses and bore our diseases."
  • 18. Now when Jesus saw a great crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side.
  • 19. And a scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
  • 20. And Jesus said to him, {cf6 "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."}
  • 21. Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."
  • 22. And Jesus said to him, {cf6 "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."}
  • 23. And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.
  • 24. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep.
  • 25. And they went and woke him, saying, "Save us, Lord; we are perishing."
  • 26. And he said to them, {cf6 "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. And the men marveled, saying, "What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?"
  • 28. And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way.
  • 29. And behold, they cried out, "What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"
  • 30. Now a herd of many pigs was feeding at some distance from them.
  • 31. And the demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs."
  • 32. And he said to them, {cf6 "Go."} So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters.
  • 33. The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, especially what had happened to the demon-possessed men.
  • 34. And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.
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