Matthew 8
1 And many multitudes followed Him, coming down from the mountain.
When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.
2 And behold, a leper, having come, continued to worship Him, saying; Lord, if you may be willing, you are 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 Jesus, reaching forth His hand, touched him, saying, I am willing; be thou 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 that you may tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto 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 He having come into Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, entreating Him,
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,
6 and saying; Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, terribly tormented.
“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”
7 And Jesus says to him, Having come I will heal him.
“I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied.
8 And the centurion responding said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou mayest come in under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant will 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 am also 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 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 Jesus hearing, was astonished, and said to those following, Truly I say unto you, I did not find so great faith in Israel.
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 And I say unto you, that many will come from the east and from the west, and sit up with Abraham, 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 outer darkness: and there shall be weeping and 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 let it be done unto thee as thou hast believed. And his servant was healed at 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 Jesus having come into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law prostrated and burning with 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 began to minister unto them.
So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve them.
16 And it being evening, they brought to Him many demonized people: and He cast out the demons by His word, and healed all the sick;
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 in order that the word spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, He took our infirmities, and carried our sicknesses.
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
18 And Jesus seeing the multitudes about Him, gave command to go away 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 one scribe having come, 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 heaven nests; but the Son of man has not where He may recline 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 And another of His disciples said to Him, Lord, permit me first to go away and bury my father.
Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
22 And Jesus says to him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
23 And His disciples followed Him, having come into the ship.
When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.
24 And behold, there was a great storm on the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves: and He was asleep.
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 having come, awoke Him, saying, Lord, save us; we are perishing.
The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
26 And He says to them, Why are you afraid, O ye of little faith? Then having arisen, He rebuked the wind 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 And the men were astonished, saying, What sort of a man is this, because 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 Two demoniacs met Him, having come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, coming out from the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one was able to pass through 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 is there to us and thee, O Son of God? have you come hither to torment us before the time?
“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
30 And a herd of many swine was feeding a great way from them.
In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.
31 And the demons continued to intreat him, saying, If you cast us out, permit us to depart 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 having gone out, went away into the herd of swine; and the whole herd rushed down the precipice into the sea, and perished 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 And the herders fled, and having gone away into the city, proclaimed all things, and those appertaining to the demonized.
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 came out to meet Jesus; and seeing Him, intreated Him, that He should depart from their coasts.
Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.
