Matthew 8
1 And when he came down from the mountain, there followed him large multitudes.
When Jesus had come down from the hill, great crowds followed him.
2 And lo! a leper, coming near, began to bow down to him saying, —Lord! if thou be willing, thou canst cleanse me.
And 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.”
3 And, stretching forth the hand, he touched him, saying, —I am willing, be cleansed! And, straightway, cleansed was his leprosy.
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;
4 And Jesus saith unto him, Mind! tell, no one, —but withdraw, thyself, shew to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses directed, for a witness unto them.
and then Jesus said to him: “Be careful not to say a word to any one, but go and show yourself to the Priest, and offer the gift directed by Moses, as evidence of your cure.”
5 And, when he entered into Capernaum, there came near unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
After Jesus had entered Capernaum, a Captain in the Roman army came up to him, entreating his help.
6 and saying, Lord! my servant, is laid prostrate in the house, a paralytic, fearfully tortured.
“Sir,” he said, “my manservant is lying ill at my house with a stroke of paralysis, and is suffering terribly.”
7 He saith unto him, I, will come and cure him.
“I will come and cure him,” answered Jesus.
8 But the centurion, answering, said, Lord! I am of no consideration, that, under my roof, thou shouldest enter, —but, only say with a word, and healed shall be my servant.
“Sir,” the Captain went on, “I am unworthy to receive you under my roof; but only speak, and my manservant will be cured.
9 For, I also, am a man [set] under authority, having under myself, soldiers, —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 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.”
10 Now Jesus, hearing, marveled, and said to them that followed, —Verily, I say unto you, With no one in Israel, such faith as this, have I found.
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!
11 But I say unto you, Many from east and west, will have come, and shall recline with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens;
Yes, and many will come in from East and West and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven;
12 Whereas, the sons of the kingdom, shall be cast forth into the darkness outside, —There, will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
while the heirs to the Kingdom will be ‘banished into the darkness’ outside; there, there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.”
13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Withdraw! and, as thou hast believed, be it done for thee. And healed was the servant in that hour.
Then Jesus said to the Captain: “Go now, and it shall be according to your faith.” And the man was cured that very hour.
14 And Jesus, coming into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law laid prostrate and in a fever,
When Jesus went into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law prostrated with fever.
15 and he touched her hand, and the fever left her, —and she arose, and began ministering unto him.
On his taking her hand, the fever left her, and she rose and began to wait upon him.
16 But, when, evening, came, they brought unto him many demonized, —and he cast out the spirits with a word, and, all who were sick, he cured:
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,
17 that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, —Himself, our weaknesses, took, and, diseases, bare.
in fulfilment of these words in the Prophet Isaiah — ‘He took our infirmities on himself, and bore the burden of our diseases.’
18 Now Jesus, seeing a multitude about him, gave orders to depart unto the other side.
Seeing a crowd round him, Jesus gave orders to go across.
19 And a certain scribe, coming near, said unto him, —Teacher; I will follow thee, whithersoever Thou goest.
And a Teacher of the Law came up to him, and said: “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20 And Jesus saith unto him: The foxes, have, dens, and, the birds of the heavens, nests, —but, the Son of Man, hath not where, his head he may recline.
“Foxes have holes,” answered Jesus, “and wild birds their roosting-places, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
21 And, another of the disciples, saith unto him, —Lord! suffer me, first, to depart, and bury my father.
“Master,” said another, who was a disciple, “let me first go and bury my father.”
22 But, Jesus, saith unto him, —Be following me, and leave, the dead, to bury, their own dead.
But Jesus answered: “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.”
23 And, when he, entered, into a boat, his disciples followed him.
Then he got into the boat, followed by his disciples.
24 And lo! a great squall, arose in the sea, so that, the boat, was being covered, by the waves, —but, he, was sleeping.
Suddenly so great a storm came on upon the Sea, that the waves broke right over the boat. But Jesus was asleep;
25 And, coming near, they aroused him, saying, Master! save, we perish!
and the disciples came and roused him. “Master,” they cried, “save us; we are lost!”
26 And he saith unto them, Why, are ye, fearful, little of faith? Then, aroused, he rebuked the winds and the sea, —and it became a great calm.
“Why are you so timid?” he said. “O men of little faith!” Then Jesus rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and a great calm followed.
27 But, the men, marveled, saying, Whence is this one, —that, both the winds and the sea, unto him, give ear?
The men were amazed, and exclaimed: “What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!”
28 And, when he, came, unto the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him, two men demonized, out of the tombs, coming forth, —fierce exceedingly, so that no one could pass that way;
And on getting to the other side — the country 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.
29 and lo! they cried aloud, saying, What have we in common with thee, O Son of God? Hast thou come hither, before the right time, to torment us?
Suddenly they shrieked out: “What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before our time?”
30 Now there was, far from them, a herd of many swine, feeding;
A long way off, there was a drove of many pigs, feeding;
31 and, the demons, began to beseech him, saying, If thou dost cast us out, send us away, into the herd of swine.
and the foul spirits began begging Jesus: “If you drive us out, send us into the drove of pigs.”
32 And he said unto them, Withdraw! So, they, going out, departed into the swine, —and lo! all the herd rushed down the cliff, into the sea, and died in the waters.
“Go,” he said. The spirits came out, and entered the pigs; and the whole drove rushed down the steep slope into the Sea, and died in the water.
33 And, they who were feeding them, fled, —and, departing into the city, reported all things, and what concerned them who had been demonized.
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.
34 And lo! all the city, came out to meet Jesus, —and, seeing him, they besought that he would pass on from their bounds.
At the news the whole town went out to meet Jesus, and, when they saw him, they entreated him to go away from their neighbourhood.
