Matthew 8
1 When he had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
Large crowds followed Jesus once he'd come down from the mountain.
2 And lo! there came a leper and bowed down before him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.
A leper approached him and bowed down, worshiping him, and said, “Lord, if you're willing, please heal me.”
3 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Jesus reached out and touched him with his hand. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” Immediately he was healed from his leprosy.
4 And Jesus saith to him, See thou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
“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.”
5 And when he had entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,
When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came up to him, begging for help,
6 and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home palsied, sorely tormented.
“Lord, my servant is at home, lying down, unable to move. He's in terrible agony.”
7 He saith to him, I will come and heal him.
“I will come and heal him,” Jesus replied.
8 But the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof; but only command with a word, and my servant will be made well.
The centurion answered, “Lord, I don't merit a visit to my home. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
9 For even I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
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.”
10 When Jesus heard this, he marveled, and said to those who followed, Truly do I say to you, Not even in Israel have I found such faith.
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.
11 And I say to you, that many will come from the east and the west, and recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
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.
12 But the sons of the kingdom will go out into the outer darkness; there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
But the heirs of the kingdom will be thrown out into utter darkness where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.”
13 And Jesus said to the centurion, Go thy way; as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee. And the servant was made well in that hour.
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.
14 And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick of a fever.
When Jesus arrived at Peter's house, he saw that Peter's mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high fever.
15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and waited on him.
He touched her hand and the fever left her. She got up and began making him a meal.
16 And when evening came, they brought to him many that were possessed by demons; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick;
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.
17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He himself took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.”
This fulfilled what the prophet Isaiah said: “He healed our diseases, and freed us from our illnesses.”
18 And Jesus, seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders to depart to the other side.
When Jesus saw the crowds around him, he gave instructions that they should go to the other side of the lake.
19 And a certain scribe came and said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou goest.
One of the religious teachers approached him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go!”
20 And Jesus saith to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have lodging-places; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
“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.
21 And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Another disciple said to Jesus, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
22 But he saith to him, Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.
“Follow me. Leave the dead to bury their own dead,” Jesus replied.
23 And when he had gone on board the boat, his disciples followed him.
Then Jesus got into a boat and his disciples went with him.
24 And, lo! a great tempest arose on the lake, so that the boat was almost covered by the waves; but he was sleeping.
A violent storm suddenly blew up, and waves crashed over the boat, but Jesus went on sleeping.
25 And they came and awoke him, saying, Lord, save! we are perishing.
The disciples went over to him and woke him up. “Save us, Lord! We're going to drown!” they shouted.
26 And he saith to them, Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the waves; and there was a great calm.
“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.
27 And the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the waves obey him?
The disciples were astonished, and said, “Who is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
28 And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two men possessed by demons, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass by that way.
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.
29 And lo! they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Son of God? Didst thou come here to torment us before the time?
They shouted out, “What have you got to do with us, you Son of God? Have you come to torture us before our time?”
30 Now there was at a distance 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 into the herd of swine.
The demons pleaded with him, “If you're going to drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
32 And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the swine. And lo! the whole herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and perished in the waters.
“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.
33 And the herdsmen fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, and what had happened to the men possessed by demons.
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.
34 And lo! the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they besought him to depart from their borders.
The whole town came out to meet Jesus. When they found him, they begged him to leave their district.
