Matthew 8
1 And when he had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.
2 And behold, a leper came up to [him] and did him homage, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.
Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
3 And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, I will; be cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
4 And Jesus says to him, See thou tell no man, but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses ordained, for a testimony to them.
Then 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.”
5 And when he had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, beseeching him,
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,
6 and saying, Lord, my servant lies paralytic in the house, suffering grievously.
“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”
7 And Jesus says to him, I will come and heal him.
“I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied.
8 And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not fit that thou shouldest enter under my roof; but only speak a word, and my servant shall be healed.
The 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.
9 For I also am a man under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say to this [one], Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.
For 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.”
10 And when Jesus heard it, he wondered, and said to those who followed, Verily I say unto you, Not even in Israel have I found so great faith.
When 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.
11 But I say unto you, that many shall come from [the] rising and setting [sun], and shall lie down at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens;
I 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.
12 but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
13 And Jesus said to the centurion, Go, and as thou hast believed, be it to thee. And his servant was healed in that hour.
Then 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.
14 And when Jesus had come to Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law laid down and in a fever;
When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.
15 and he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and served him.
So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve them.
16 And when the evening was come, they brought to him many possessed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were ill;
When 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.
17 so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities and bore our diseases.
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
18 And Jesus, seeing great crowds around him, commanded to depart to the other side.
When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.
19 And a scribe came up and said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou mayest go.
And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”
20 And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven roosting-places; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
21 But another of his disciples said to him, Lord, suffer me first to go away and bury my father.
Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
22 But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.
But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
23 And he went on board ship and his disciples followed him;
When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.
24 and behold, [the water] became very agitated on the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but he slept.
Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
25 And the disciples came and awoke him, saying, Lord save: we perish.
The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
26 And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
“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.
27 But the men were astonished, saying, What sort [of man] is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?
The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”
28 And there met him, when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes, two possessed by demons, coming out of the tombs, exceeding dangerous, so that no one was able to pass by that way.
When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.
29 And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Son of God? hast thou come here before the time to torment us?
“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
30 Now there was, a great way off from them, a herd of many swine feeding;
In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.
31 and the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.
So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
32 And he said to them, Go. And they, going out, departed into the herd of swine; and lo, the whole herd [of swine] rushed down the steep slope into the sea, and died in the waters.
“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.
33 But they that fed them fled, and went away into the city and related everything, and what had happened as to those possessed by demons.
Those tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men.
34 And behold, the whole city went out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged [him] to go away out of their coasts.
Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.
