Matthew 8
1 Large crowds followed Jesus once he'd come down from the mountain.
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
2 A leper approached him and bowed down, worshiping him, and said, “Lord, if you're willing, please heal me.”
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.
3 Jesus reached out and touched him with his hand. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” Immediately he was healed from his leprosy.
And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be you clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
4 “Make sure you don't tell anyone,” Jesus told him. “Go and show yourself to the priest and give the offering which Moses required as public proof.”
And Jesus says to him, See you tell no man; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
5 When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came up to him, begging for help,
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,
6 “Lord, my servant is at home, lying down, unable to move. He's in terrible agony.”
And saying, Lord, my servant lies at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
7 “I will come and heal him,” Jesus replied.
And Jesus says to him, I will come and heal him.
8 The centurion answered, “Lord, I don't merit a visit to my home. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
9 For I am myself under the authority of superiors, while I also have soldiers under my command. I command one, ‘Go!’ and he goes. I command another, ‘Come!’ and he comes. I tell my servant, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”
For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, 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 what he said, he was astonished. He told those who were following him, “I tell you the truth, I haven't found this kind of trust anywhere in Israel.
When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to them that followed, Truly I say to you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
11 I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
And I say to you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
12 But the heirs of the kingdom will be thrown out into utter darkness where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.”
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
13 Then Jesus told the centurion, “Go home. Because you trusted that it would happen, what you asked for has been done.” The servant was healed right away.
And Jesus said to the centurion, Go your way; and as you have believed, so be it done to you. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
14 When Jesus arrived at Peter's house, he saw that Peter's mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high fever.
And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.
15 He touched her hand and the fever left her. She got up and began making him a meal.
And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered to them.
16 When evening came they brought many who were demon-possessed to Jesus. He made the spirits leave at his command, and he healed all those who were sick.
When the even was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
17 This fulfilled what the prophet Isaiah said: “He healed our diseases, and freed us from our illnesses.”
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses.
18 When Jesus saw the crowds around him, he gave instructions that they should go to the other side of the lake.
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart to the other side.
19 One of the religious teachers approached him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go!”
And a certain scribe came, and said to him, Master, I will follow you wherever you go.
20 “Foxes have their dens, and wild birds have their nests, but the Son of man has nowhere he can lie down and rest,” Jesus told him.
And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.
21 Another disciple said to Jesus, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
22 “Follow me. Leave the dead to bury their own dead,” Jesus replied.
But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
23 Then Jesus got into a boat and his disciples went with him.
And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
24 A violent storm suddenly blew up, and waves crashed over the boat, but Jesus went on sleeping.
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
25 The disciples went over to him and woke him up. “Save us, Lord! We're going to drown!” they shouted.
And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
26 “Why are you so afraid? Why do you trust so little?” he asked them. Then he got up, and commanded the winds and the waves to stop. Everything was absolutely calm.
And he says to them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
27 The disciples were astonished, and said, “Who is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
But the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
28 When he arrived on the other side, in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men came out of the graveyard to meet him. They were so dangerous that nobody dared to travel that way.
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
29 They shouted out, “What have you got to do with us, you Son of God? Have you come to torture us before our time?”
And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus, you Son of God? are you come here to torment us before the time?
30 In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
31 The demons pleaded with him, “If you're going to drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
So the devils sought him, saying, If you cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
32 “Go!” said Jesus. The demons left the men and went into the pigs. The whole herd ran down the steep hillside into the sea and drowned.
And he said to them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
33 The pig herders ran away. They went to the town and told the people there everything that had taken place, and what had happened to the demon-possessed men.
And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
34 The whole town came out to meet Jesus. When they found him, they begged him to leave their district.
And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they sought him that he would depart out of their coasts.
