Matthew 8:18-34

Discipleship Tested

18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, ¹He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea.

19 ²Then 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 air have nests, but ³the 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, "⁴Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead."

23 ⁵When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.

24 And behold, there arose a 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, "⁶Save us, Lord; we are perishing!"

26 He said to them, "Why are you afraid, ⁷you men of little faith?" Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it 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 ⁸When He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were ⁹demon-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, "¹⁰What business do we have with each other, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the 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, including what had happened to the ¹¹demoniacs.

34 And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, ¹²they implored Him to leave their region.

Cross References

• 1. Mark 4:35; Luke 8:22
• 2. Matthew 8:19-22: {Luke 9:57-60}
• 3. Daniel 7:13; Matthew 9:6; Matthew 12:8, 32, 40; Matthew 13:41; Matthew 16:13, 27; Matthew 17:9; Matthew 19:28; Matthew 26:64; Mark 8:38; Luke 12:8; Luke 18:8; Luke 21:36; John 1:51; John 3:13; John 6:27; John 12:34; Acts 7:56
• 4. Matthew 9:9; Mark 2:14; Luke 9:59, 60; John 1:43; John 21:19
• 5. Matthew 8:23-27: {Mark 4:36-41; Luke 8:22-25}
• 6. Matthew 8:2; Matthew 9:18
• 7. Matthew 6:30; Matthew 14:31; Matthew 16:8; Matthew 17:20
• 8. Matthew 8:28-34: {Mark 5:1-17; Luke 8:26-37}
• 9. Matthew 4:24
• 10. Judges 11:12; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 19:22; 1 Kings 17:18; 2 Kings 3:13; 2 Chronicles 35:21; Mark 1:24; Mark 5:7; Luke 4:34; Luke 8:28; John 2:4
• 11. Matthew 4:24
• 12. Amos 7:12; Acts 16:39

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "sky"
• [b]. Or "roosting places"
• [c]. Lit "a shaking"
• [d]. Or "cowardly"
• [e]. Lit "a great calm occurred"
• [f]. Lit "What is to us and to you" (a Heb idiom)
• [g]. I.e. the appointed time of judgment
• [h]. Lit "and the things of"