Matthew 8
1 When Jesus had come down from the hill, great crowds followed him.
And upon his coming down from the mountain, many multitudes followed him.
2 He saw a leper who came up, and bowed to the ground before him, and said, ‘Master, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean.’
And behold, a leper who came, worshiped him, saying, Lord, if thou will, thou can cleanse me.
3 Stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying as he did so, ‘I am willing; become clean.’ Instantly he was made clean from his leprosy;
And having reached out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, I will, be thou cleansed. And straightaway his leprosy was cleansed.
4 and then Jesus said to him, ‘Be careful not to say a word to anyone, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift directed by Moses, as evidence of your cure.’
And Jesus says to him, See thou speak to no man, but go, show thyself to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them.
5 After Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion in the Roman army came up to him, entreating his help.
And upon his entering into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, beseeching him,
6 ‘Sir,’ he said, ‘my manservant is lying ill at my house with a stroke of paralysis, and is suffering terribly.’
and saying, Lord, my boy has been laid down in the house, paralyzed, extremely tormented.
7 ‘I will come and cure him,’ answered Jesus.
And Jesus says to him, after coming I will heal him.
8 ‘Sir,’ the centurion went on, ‘I am unworthy to receive you under my roof; but only speak, and my manservant will be cured.
And having answered, the centurion said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou should come under my roof, but only speak the word, and my boy will be healed.
9 For I myself am a man under the orders of others, with soldiers under me; and, if I say to one of them “Go,” he goes, and to another “Come,” he comes, and to my slave “Do this,” he does it.’
For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under myself. And I say to this man, Go, and he goes, and to another, Come, and he comes, and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.
10 Jesus was surprised to hear this, and said to those who were following him, ‘Never I tell you, in any Israelite have I met with such faith as this!
And when Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, Truly I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.
11 Yes, and many will come in from East and West and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven;
And I say to you, that many will come from east and west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens,
12 while the heirs to the kingdom will be banished into the darkness outside; there, there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.’
but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, ‘Go now, and it will be according to your faith.’ And the man was cured that very hour.
And Jesus said to the centurion, Go thou. And as thou have believed, be it done to thee. And his boy was healed in that hour.
14 When Jesus went into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law prostrated with fever.
And when Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law, having been laid down, and feverish.
15 On his taking her hand, the fever left her, and she rose and began to take care of him.
And he touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she was raised up, and served him.
16 In the evening the people brought to Jesus many who were possessed by demons; and he drove out the spirits with a word, and cured all who were ill,
And having become evening, they brought to him many being demon possessed. And he cast out the spirits by word, and healed all those faring badly,
17 in fulfilment of these words in the prophet Isaiah – “He took our infirmities on himself, and bore the burden of our diseases.”
so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, He himself took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.
18 Seeing a crowd round him, Jesus gave orders to go across.
Now when Jesus saw many multitudes around him, he commanded to depart to the other side.
19 A teacher of the Law came up to him, and said, ‘Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.’
And a certain scholar having come, he said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou may go.
20 ‘Foxes have holes,’ answered Jesus, ‘and wild birds their nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’
And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has nowhere he may lay his head.
21 ‘Master,’ said another, who was a disciple, ‘let me first go and bury my father.’
And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.
22 But Jesus answered, ‘Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.’
But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.
23 Then he got into the boat, followed by his disciples.
And upon his entering into the boat, his disciples followed him.
24 Suddenly so great a storm came up on the sea, that the waves broke right over the boat. But Jesus was asleep;
And behold, a great tempest developed in the sea, so as for the boat to be covered by the waves, but he was sleeping.
25 and the disciples came and roused him. ‘Master,’ they cried, ‘save us; we are lost!’
And the disciples having approached, they awoke him, saying, Save us, Lord, we are perishing.
26 ‘Why are you so timid?’ he said. ‘You of little faith!’ Then Jesus rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and a great calm followed.
And he says to them, Why are ye cowardly, O ye of little faith? Then after rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there became a great calm.
27 The men were amazed, and exclaimed, ‘What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!’
But the men marveled, saying, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?
28 On getting to the other side – the region of the Gadarenes – Jesus met two men who were possessed by demons, coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one was able to pass that way.
And upon his coming to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two men being demon possessed met him, coming out of the sepulchers, exceedingly fierce, so that no man could pass by that way.
29 Suddenly they shrieked out, ‘What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before our time?’
And behold, they cried out, saying, What is with us and thee, Jesus, Son of God? Did thou come here before the time to torment us?
30 A long way off, there was a herd of many pigs, feeding;
Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.
31 and the foul spirits began begging Jesus, ‘If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.’
And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, allow us to go away into the herd of swine.
32 ‘Go,’ he said. The spirits came out, and entered the pigs; and the whole herd rushed down the steep slope into the sea, and died in the water.
And he said to them, Go. And having come out, they went into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of the swine stampeded down the slope into the sea, and perished in the waters.
33 At this the men who tended them ran away and went to the town, carrying the news of all that had occurred, and of what had happened to the possessed men.
And those who tended them fled, and having gone into the city, they told everything, also the things of the men being demon possessed.
34 At the news the whole town went out to meet Jesus, and, when they saw him, they entreated him to go away from their region.
And behold, the whole city came out to a meeting with Jesus. And having seen him, they besought him that he would depart from their regions.
