Matthew 8

¹And when he had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.

²And behold, a leper, having come to him, was bowing down before him, saying, Lord, if you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.

³And stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, 'I am willing; be cleansed.' And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

⁴And Jesus says to him, 'See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.'

⁵Now when he had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, appealing to him

⁶and saying, 'Lord, my servant has been laid up in the house, paralyzed, terribly tormented.'

⁷And Jesus says to him, I myself will come and heal him.

⁸And the centurion answered and said, 'Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof; but only say a word, and my servant will be healed.

⁹For I too am a man under authority, having soldiers under myself, 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.

¹⁰Now when Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those following, Truly I say to you, with no one in Israel have I found such great faith.

¹¹And I say to you that many will come from east and west and will recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens,

¹²But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

¹³And Jesus said to the centurion, 'Go; as you have believed, let it be done for you.' And his servant was healed in that hour.

¹⁴And when Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law laid prostrate and fevered.

¹⁵And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and was ministering to him.

¹⁶And when evening had come, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed, and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill,

¹⁷so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, He himself took our infirmities and bore our diseases.

¹⁸Now when Jesus saw a great crowd around him, he gave orders to depart to the other side.

¹⁹And a scribe, having come to him, said, Teacher, I will follow you wherever you may go.

²⁰And Jesus says to him, 'The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.'

²¹And another of his disciples said to him, 'Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.'

²²But Jesus says to him, Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

²³And when he had climbed into the boat, his disciples followed him.

²⁴And behold, a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he himself was sleeping.

²⁵And his disciples came and woke him, saying, 'Lord, save us; we are perishing!'

²⁶And he says to them, 'Why are you afraid, you of little faith?' Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there came a great calm.

²⁷And the men marveled, saying, 'What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?'

²⁸And when he had come to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

²⁹And behold, they cried out, saying, What to us and to you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here before the time to torment us?

³⁰Now far off from them there was a herd of many pigs feeding.

³¹And the demons were begging him, 'If you cast us out, send us into the herd of pigs.'

³²And he said to them, Go. And they, having gone out, went away into the herd of pigs; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the waters.

³³And those who fed them fled, and going away into the city they reported everything, including the matter of the demon-possessed men.

³⁴And behold, all the city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they begged him to depart from their region.