Matthew 8:1-13

Jesus Cleanses a Leper

1 When he came down from the mountain, ¹great crowds followed him.

2 ²And behold, a leper^[a] came to him and ³knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you will, you can make me clean."

3 And Jesus^[b] stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I will; be clean." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

4 And Jesus said to him, ⁴"See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, ⁵show yourself to the priest and ⁶offer the gift that Moses commanded, ⁷for a proof to them."

The Faith of a Centurion

5 ⁸When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him,

6 "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly."

7 And he said to him, "I will come and heal him."

8 But the centurion replied, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but ⁹only say the word, and my servant will be healed.

9 For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my servant,^[c]'Do this,' and he does it."

10 When Jesus heard this, ¹⁰he marveled and said to those who followed him, "Truly, I tell you, with ¹¹no one in Israel^[d] have I found such faith.

11 I tell you, ¹²many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

12 ¹³while the sons of the kingdom ¹⁴will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place ¹⁵there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

13 And to the centurion Jesus said, "Go; let it be done for you ¹⁶as you have believed." ¹⁷And the servant was healed at that very moment.