Matthew 8
1 When Jesus had come down from the hill, great crowds followed him.
Upon descending from the hill country He was followed by immense crowds.
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 a leper came to Him, and throwing himself at His feet, said, "Sir, if only you are willing you are able to 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;
So Jesus put out His hand and touched him, and said, "I am willing: be cleansed." Instantly he was cleansed from his leprosy;
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 said to him, "Be careful to tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses appointed as evidence for them."
5 After Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion in the Roman army came up to him, entreating his help.
After His entry into Capernaum a Captain came to Him, and entreated Him.
6 “Sir,” he said, “my manservant is lying ill at my house with a stroke of paralysis, and is suffering terribly.”
"Sir," he said, "my servant at home is lying ill with paralysis, and is suffering great pain."
7 “I will come and cure him,” answered Jesus.
"I will come and cure him," said Jesus.
8 “Sir,” the centurion went on, “I am unworthy to receive you under my roof; but only speak, and my manservant will be cured.
"Sir," replied the Captain, "I am not a fit person to receive you under my roof: merely say the word, and my servant will be cured.
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 myself am also under authority, and have soldiers under me. To one I say 'Go,' and he goes, to another 'Come,' and he comes, and to my slave 'Do this or that,' 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!
Jesus listened to this reply, and was astonished, and said to the people following Him, "I solemnly tell you that in no Israelite have I found faith as great as this.
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 tell you that many will come from the east and from the west and will recline at table with Abraham, 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.”
while the natural heirs of the Kingdom will be driven out into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud 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 Captain, "Go, and just as you have believed, so be it for you." And the servant recovered precisely at that time.
14 When Jesus went into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law prostrated with fever.
After this Jesus went to the house of Peter, whose mother-in-law he found ill in bed with fever.
15 On his taking her hand, the fever left her, and she rose and began to take care of him.
He touched her hand and the fever left her: and then she rose and waited upon 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,
In the evening many demoniacs were brought to Him, and with a word He expelled the demons; and He cured all the sick,
17 in fulfillment of these words in the prophet Isaiah – ‘He took our infirmities on himself, and bore the burden of our diseases.’
in order that this prediction of the Prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, "He took on Him our weaknesses, and bore the burden of our diseases."
18 Seeing a crowd around him, Jesus gave orders to go across.
Seeing great crowds about Him Jesus had given directions to cross to the other side of the Lake,
19 A teacher of the Law came up to him, and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
when a Scribe came and said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
20 “Foxes have holes,” answered Jesus, “and wild birds their nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
"Foxes have holes," replied Jesus, "and birds have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."
21 “Master,” said another, who was a disciple, “let me first go and bury my father.”
Another of the disciples said to Him, "Sir, allow me first to go and bury my father."
22 But Jesus answered, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.”
"Follow me," said Jesus, "and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
23 Then he got into the boat, followed by his disciples.
Then He went on board a fishing-boat, and 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;
But suddenly there arose a great storm on the Lake, so that the waves threatened to engulf the boat; but He was asleep.
25 and the disciples came and roused him. “Master,” they cried, “save us; we are lost!”
So they came and woke Him, crying, "Master, save us, we are drowning!"
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.
"Why are you so easily frightened," He replied, "you men of little faith?" Then He rose and reproved the winds and the waves, and there was a perfect calm;
27 The men were amazed, and exclaimed, “What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!”
and the men, filled with amazement, exclaimed, "What kind of man is this? for the very winds and waves 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.
On His arrival at the other side, in the country of the Gadarenes, there met Him two men possessed by demons, coming from among the tombs: they were so dangerously fierce that no one was able to pass 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?”
They cried aloud, "What hast Thou to do with us, Thou Son of God? Hast Thou come here to torment us before the time?"
30 A long way off, there was a herd of many pigs, feeding;
Now at some distance from them a vast herd of swine were feeding.
31 and the foul spirits began begging Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
So the demons entreated Him. "If Thou drivest us out," they said, "send us 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.
"Go," He replied. Then they came out from the men and went into the swine, whereupon the entire herd instantly rushed down the cliff into the Lake and perished in the water.
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.
The swineherds fled, and went and told the whole story in the town, including what had happened to the demoniacs.
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.
So at once the whole population came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they besought Him to leave their country.
