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1 Large crowds followed Jesus as he came down the mountainside.
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Now when Jesus had come down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.
2 Suddenly, a man with leprosy approached him and knelt before him. “Lord,” the man said, “if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.”
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A man with a skin disease came, kneeled before him, and said, "Lord, if you want, you can make me clean."
3 Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” And instantly the leprosy disappeared.
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Jesus reached out his hand and touched him, saying, "I do want to. Become clean." Instantly his skin disease was cleansed.
4 Then Jesus said to him, “Don’t tell anyone about this. Instead, go to the priest and let him examine you. Take along the offering required in the law of Moses for those who have been healed of leprosy. This will be a public testimony that you have been cleansed.”
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Jesus said to him, "Don't say anything to anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded. This will be a testimony to them."
5 When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer came and pleaded with him,
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When Jesus went to Capernaum, a centurion approached,
6 “Lord, my young servant lies in bed, paralyzed and in terrible pain.”
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pleading with him, "Lord, my servant is flat on his back at home, paralyzed, and his suffering is awful."
7 Jesus said, “I will come and heal him.”
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Jesus responded, "I'll come and heal him."
8 But the officer said, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come into my home. Just say the word from where you are, and my servant will be healed.
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But the centurion replied, "Lord, I don't deserve to have you come under my roof. Just say the word and my servant will be healed.
9 I know this because I am under the authority of my superior officers, and I have authority over my soldiers. I only need to say, ‘Go,’ and they go, or ‘Come,’ and they come. And if I say to my slaves, ‘Do this,’ they do it.”
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I'm a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to one, ‘Go,' and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,' and the servant does it."
10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turning to those who were following him, he said, “I tell you the truth, I haven’t seen faith like this in all Israel!
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When Jesus heard this, he was impressed and said to the people following him, "I say to you with all seriousness that even in Israel I haven't found faith like this.
11 And I tell you this, that many Gentiles will come from all over the world—from east and west—and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven.
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I say to you that there are many who will come from east and west and sit down to eat with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
12 But many Israelites—those for whom the Kingdom was prepared—will be thrown into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
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But the children of the kingdom will be thrown outside into the darkness. People there will be weeping and grinding their teeth."
13 Then Jesus said to the Roman officer, “Go back home. Because you believed, it has happened.” And the young servant was healed that same hour.
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Jesus said to the centurion, "Go; it will be done for you just as you have believed." And his servant was healed that very moment.
14 When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, Peter’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high fever.
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Jesus went home with Peter and saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.
15 But when Jesus touched her hand, the fever left her. Then she got up and prepared a meal for him.
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He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and served them.
16 That evening many demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus. He cast out the evil spirits with a simple command, and he healed all the sick.
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That evening people brought to Jesus many who were demon-possessed. He threw the spirits out with just a word. He healed everyone who was sick.
17 This fulfilled the word of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah, who said, “He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases.”
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This happened so that what Isaiah the prophet said would be fulfilled: He is the one who took our illnesses and carried away our diseases.
18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he instructed his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake.
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Now when Jesus saw the crowd, he ordered his disciples to go over to the other side of the lake.
19 Then one of the teachers of religious law said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
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A legal expert came and said to him, "Teacher, I'll follow you wherever you go."
20 But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head.”
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Jesus replied, "Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Human One has no place to lay his head."
21 Another of his disciples said, “Lord, first let me return home and bury my father.”
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Another man, one of his disciples, said to him, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."
22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me now. Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead. ”
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But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."
23 Then Jesus got into the boat and started across the lake with his disciples.
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When Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him.
24 Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.
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A huge storm arose on the lake so that waves were sloshing over the boat. But Jesus was asleep.
25 The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
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They came and woke him, saying, "Lord, rescue us! We're going to drown!"
26 Jesus responded, “Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!” Then he got up and rebuked the wind and waves, and suddenly there was a great calm.
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He said to them, "Why are you afraid, you people of weak faith?" Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the lake, and there was a great calm.
27 The disciples were amazed. “Who is this man?” they asked. “Even the winds and waves obey him!”
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The people were amazed and said, "What kind of person is this? Even the winds and the lake obey him!"
28 When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gadarenes, two men who were possessed by demons met him. They lived in a cemetery and were so violent that no one could go through that area.
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When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake in the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were demon-possessed came from among the tombs to meet him. They were so violent that nobody could travel on that road.
29 They began screaming at him, “Why are you interfering with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torture us before God’s appointed time?”
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They cried out, "What are you going to do with us, Son of God? Have you come to torture us before the time of judgment?"
30 There happened to be a large herd of pigs feeding in the distance.
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Far off in the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.
31 So the demons begged, “If you cast us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”
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The demons pleaded with him, "If you throw us out, send us into the herd of pigs."
32 “All right, go!” Jesus commanded them. So the demons came out of the men and entered the pigs, and the whole herd plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water.
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Then he said to the demons, "Go away," and they came out and went into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned.
33 The herdsmen fled to the nearby town, telling everyone what happened to the demon-possessed men.
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Those who tended the pigs ran into the city and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men.
34 Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus, but they begged him to go away and leave them alone.
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Then the whole city came out and met Jesus. When they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region.