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1 After Yeshua had come down from the hill, large crowds followed him.
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And when he had come down from the mountain, great numbers of people came after him.
2 Then a man afflicted with tzara`at came, kneeled down in front of him and said, "Sir, if you are willing, you can make me clean."
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And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.
3 Yeshua reached out his hand, touched him and said, "I am willing! Be cleansed!" And at once he was cleansed from his tzara`at.
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And he put his hand on him, saying, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away he was made clean.
4 Then Yeshua said to him, "See that you tell no one; but as a testimony to the people, go and let the cohen examine you, and offer the sacrifice that Moshe commanded."
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And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.
5 As Yeshua entered K'far-Nachum, a Roman army officer came up and pleaded for help.
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And when Jesus was come into Capernaum, a certain captain came to him with a request,
6 "Sir, my orderly is lying at home paralyzed and suffering terribly!"
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Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.
7 Yeshua said, "I will go and heal him."
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And he said to him, I will come and make him well.
8 But the officer answered, "Sir, I am unfit to have you come into my home. Rather, if you will only give the command, my orderly will recover.
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And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.
9 For I too am a man under authority. I have soldiers under me, and I say to this one, `Go!' and he goes; to another, `Come!' and he comes; to my slave, `Do this!' and he does it."
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Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; 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.
10 On hearing this Yeshua was amazed and said to the people following him, "Yes! I tell you, I have not found anyone in Isra'el with such trust!
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And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.
11 Moreover, I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west to take their places at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven with Avraham, Yitz'chak and Ya`akov.
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And I say to you that numbers will come from the east and the west, and will take their seats with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:
12 But those born for the Kingdom will be thrown outside in the dark, where people will wail and grind their teeth!"
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But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.
13 Then Yeshua said to the officer, "Go; let it be for you as you have trusted." And his orderly was healed at that very moment.
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And Jesus said to the captain, Go in peace; as your faith is, so let it be done to you. And the servant was made well in that hour.
14 Yeshua went to Kefa's home and there saw Kefa's mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.
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And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill.
15 He touched her hand, the fever left her, and she got up and began helping him.
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And he put his hand on hers and the disease went from her, and she got up and took care of his needs.
16 When evening came, many people held in the power of demons were brought to him. He expelled the spirits with a word and healed all who were ill.
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And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;
17 This was done to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Yesha`yahu, "He himself took our weaknesses and bore our diseases"
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So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.
18 When Yeshua saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.
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Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.
19 A Torah-teacher approached and said to him, "Rabbi, I will follow you wherever you go."
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And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go.
20 Yeshua said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds flying about have nests, but the Son of Man has no home of his own."
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And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.
21 Another of the talmidim said to him, "Sir, first let me go and bury my father."
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And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.
22 But Yeshua replied, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."
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But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.
23 He boarded the boat, and his talmidim followed.
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And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him.
24 Then, without warning, a furious storm arose on the lake, so that waves were sweeping over the boat. But Yeshua was sleeping.
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And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.
25 So they came and roused him, saying, "Sir! Help! We're about to die!"
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And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.
26 He said to them, "Why are you afraid? So little trust you have!" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and there was a dead calm.
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And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
27 The men were astounded. They asked, "What kind of man is this, that even the winds and sea obey him?"
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And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?
28 When Yeshua arrived at the other side of the lake, in the Gadarenes' territory, there came out of the burial caves two men controlled by demons, so violent that no one dared travel on that road.
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And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.
29 They screamed, "What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?"
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And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?
30 Now some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding.
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Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food.
31 The demons begged him, "If you are going to drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs."
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And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.
32 "All right, go!" he told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, whereupon the entire herd rushed down the hillside into the lake and drowned.
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And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.
33 The swineherds fled, went off to the town and told the whole story, including what had happened to the demonized men.
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And their keepers went in flight to the town and gave an account of everything, and of the men who had the evil spirits.
34 At this, the whole town came out to meet Yeshua. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their district.
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And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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