Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 When Jesus came down from the hill, large crowds followed him.
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When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
2 Then a man suffering from a dreaded skin disease came to him, knelt down before him, and said, "Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean."
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Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
3 Jesus reached out and touched him. "I do want to," he answered. "Be clean!" At once the man was healed of his disease.
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Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
4 Then Jesus said to him, "Listen! Don't tell anyone, but go straight to the priest and let him examine you; then in order to prove to everyone that you are cured, offer the sacrifice that Moses ordered."
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Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
5 When Jesus entered Capernaum, a Roman officer met him and begged for help:
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When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,
6 "Sir, my servant is sick in bed at home, unable to move and suffering terribly."
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and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented."
7 "I will go and make him well," Jesus said.
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Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."
8 "Oh no, sir," answered the officer. "I do not deserve to have you come into my house. Just give the order, and my servant will get well.
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The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
9 I, too, am a man under the authority of superior officers, and I have soldiers under me. I order this one, "Go!' and he goes; and I order that one, "Come!' and he comes; and I order my slave, "Do this!' and he does it."
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For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
10 When Jesus heard this, he was surprised and said to the people following him, "I tell you, I have never found anyone in Israel with faith like this.
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When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, "Most assuredly I tell you, I haven't found so great a faith, not even in Israel.
11 I assure you that many will come from the east and the west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of heaven.
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I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven,
12 But those who should be in the Kingdom will be thrown out into the darkness, where they will cry and gnash their teeth."
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but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth."
13 Then Jesus said to the officer, "Go home, and what you believe will be done for you." And the officer's servant was healed that very moment.
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Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done for you as you as you have believed." His servant was healed in that hour.
14 Jesus went to Peter's home, and there he saw Peter's mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.
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When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick of a fever.
15 He touched her hand; the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him.
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He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.
16 When evening came, people brought to Jesus many who had demons in them. Jesus drove out the evil spirits with a word and healed all who were sick.
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When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
17 He did this to make come true what the prophet Isaiah had said, "He himself took our sickness and carried away our diseases."
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that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases."
18 When Jesus noticed the crowd around him, he ordered his disciples to go to the other side of the lake.
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Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.
19 A teacher of the Law came to him. "Teacher," he said, "I am ready to go with you wherever you go."
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A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
20 Jesus answered him, "Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lie down and rest."
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Jesus said 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."
21 Another man, who was a disciple, said, "Sir, first let me go back and bury my father."
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Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."
22 "Follow me," Jesus answered, "and let the dead bury their own dead."
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But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
23 Jesus got into a boat, and his disciples went with him.
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When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.
24 Suddenly a fierce storm hit the lake, and the boat was in danger of sinking. But Jesus was asleep.
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Behold, a great tempest arose in the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.
25 The disciples went to him and woke him up. "Save us, Lord!" they said. "We are about to die!"
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They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord! We are dying!"
26 "Why are you so frightened?" Jesus answered. "What little faith you have!" Then he got up and ordered the winds and the waves to stop, and there was a great calm.
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He said to them, "Why are you fearful, oh you of little faith?" Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.
27 Everyone was amazed. "What kind of man is this?" they said. "Even the winds and the waves obey him!"
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The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
28 When Jesus came to the territory of Gadara on the other side of the lake, he was met by two men who came out of the burial caves there. These men had demons in them and were so fierce that no one dared travel on that road.
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When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed with demons met him there, coming forth out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man could pass by that way.
29 At once they screamed, "What do you want with us, you Son of God? Have you come to punish us before the right time?"
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Behold, they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"
30 Not far away there was a large herd of pigs feeding.
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Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.
31 So the demons begged Jesus, "If you are going to drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs."
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The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs."
32 "Go," Jesus told them; so they left and went off into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the side of the cliff into the lake and was drowned.
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He said to them, "Go!" They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.
33 The men who had been taking care of the pigs ran away and went into the town, where they told the whole story and what had happened to the men with the demons.
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Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, and what happened to those who were possessed with demons.
34 So everyone from the town went out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their territory.
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Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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