Matthew 8:1-34 (New American Standard)

Jesus Cleanses a Leper; The Centurion's Faith

1 When ^aJesus came down from the mountain, ^blarge crowds followed Him. 2 And ¹a leper came to Him and ^c2bowed down before Him, and said, "Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean." 3 Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing ; be cleansed." And immediately his ³leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Jesus said to him, "⁴See that you tell no one ; but ⁵go, ⁶show yourself to the priest and present the ^doffering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them." 5 And ⁷when ^eJesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, imploring Him, 6 and saying, "^fLord, my ^gservant is ^hlying ⁸paralyzed at home, fearfully tormented." 7 Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him." 8 But the centurion said, "ⁱLord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just ^jsay the word, and my ^kservant will be healed. 9 "For I also am a man under ⁹authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, 'Go !' and he goes, and to another, 'Come !' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this !' and he does it." 10 Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, "Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith ^lwith anyone in Israel. 11 "I say to you that many ¹⁰will come from east and west, and ^mrecline at the table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven ; 12 but ¹¹the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into ¹²the outer darkness ; in that place ¹³there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." 13 And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go ; ⁿit shall be done for you ¹⁴as you have believed." And the ^oservant was healed that very ^pmoment.

Peter's Mother-in-law and Many Others Healed

14 ¹⁵When Jesus came into Peter's ^qhome, He saw his mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever. 15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and ^rwaited on Him. 16 When evening came, they brought to Him many ¹⁶who were demon-possessed ; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and ¹⁷healed all who were ill . 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet : "¹⁸HE HIMSELF TOOK OUR INFIRMITIES AND ^sCARRIED AWAY OUR DISEASES."

Discipleship Tested

18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, ¹⁹He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea. 19 ²⁰Then a scribe came and said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go." 20 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes and the birds of the ^tair have ^unests, but ²¹the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." 21 Another of the disciples said to Him, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father." 22 But Jesus said to him, "²²Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead." 23 ²³When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. 24 And behold, there arose ^va great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves ; but Jesus Himself was asleep. 25 And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, "²⁴Save us, Lord ; we are perishing !" 26 He said to them, "Why are you ^wafraid, ²⁵you men of little faith ?" Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and ^xit became perfectly calm. 27 The men were amazed, and said, "What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?"

Jesus Casts Out Demons

28 ²⁶When He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were ²⁷demon-possessed met Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way. 29 And they cried out, saying, "^y28What business do we have with each other, Son of God ? Have You come here to torment us before ^zthe time ?" 30 Now there was a herd of many swine feeding at a distance from them. 31 The demons began to entreat Him, saying, "If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine." 32 And He said to them, "Go !" And they came out and went into the swine, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the waters. 33 The herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, ^aaincluding what had happened to the ²⁹demoniacs. 34 And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus ; and when they saw Him, ³⁰they implored Him to leave their region.