Matthew 8
8
Jesus Heals a Man With a Skin Disease
1Jesus came down from the mountainside, and large crowds followed him. 2A man who had a skin disease came and knelt down in front of Jesus. “Lord,” he said, “if you’re willing, you can make me clean.”
3Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I’m willing,” he said, “be clean!” Right away the man was healed of his skin disease. 4Then Jesus said to him, “Don’t tell anyone about this. But go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a witness to everyone.”
A Roman Commander Has Faith
5When Jesus entered Capernaum, a Roman commander came and asked him for help. 6“Lord,” he said, “my servant can’t get out of bed. He isn’t able to move, and he’s suffering terribly.”
7Jesus asked, “Do you want me to come and heal him?”
8The commander replied, “Lord, I don’t deserve to have you come into my house. Just give the command, and my servant will be healed. 9I know that orders from people in authority have to be obeyed. I have soldiers who obey my own orders. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes. I tell that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
10When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. He said to the people following him, “Truly I tell you, I haven’t met anyone in Israel whose faith is this great. 11I tell you that many will come from the east and the west and take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12But the children of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where they will weep and grind their teeth.”
13Then Jesus said to the Roman commander, “Go! It will be done for you just as you have believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.
Jesus Heals Many People
14When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he found Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. 15Jesus touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve him.
16When evening came, many people controlled by demons were brought to Jesus. He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. 17This happened to make the words of Isaiah the prophet come true. He had said,
“He took away our weakness
and carried off our sickness.”
The Cost of Following Jesus
18When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he told his disciples to get ready to cross to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. 19Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
21Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
22But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Jesus Calms a Storm
23Then Jesus got into the boat and his disciples followed him. As they were sailing across the lake, 24suddenly a terrible storm began. The wind was so strong that waves came crashing over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25The disciples went and woke him up. They cried out, “Lord! Save us! We’re going to drown!”
26He replied, “You have such little faith! Why are you so afraid?” Then Jesus got up and ordered the winds and the waves to stop, and it became completely calm.
27The disciples were amazed. They asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
Jesus Heals Two Men Controlled by Demons
28They went across the Sea of Galilee to the area of the Gadarenes. When Jesus got out of the boat, two men controlled by demons came out of the tombs to meet him. These men were so dangerous that no one could go near them. 29“What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “It’s not time for us to be punished yet!”
30Off in the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding. 31The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”
32Jesus told them, “Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned in the water. 33Those who were tending the pigs ran into town and reported everything, including what had happened to the men who’d been controlled by the demons. 34Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they begged him to leave.
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Matthew 8
8
A Man Cleansed
1When he came down from the mountain, large crowds#Mt 5:1; Lk 3:7 followed him. 2Right away#Mk 1:40–44; Lk 5:12–14 a man with leprosy#8:2 Gk lepros; a term for various skin diseases, also in v. 3; see Lv 13–14 came up and knelt before him,#Mt 9:18; 15:25; 18:26; 20:20; Jn 9:38; Ac 10:25 saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
3Reaching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4Then Jesus told him, “See that you don’t tell anyone;#Mt 9:30; 17:9; Mk 5:43; 7:36; 8:30 but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”#Lv 14:3–4,10; Lk 5:14; 17:14
A Centurion’s Faith
5When he entered Capernaum,#Lk 7:1–10; Jn 4:46–54 a centurion came to him, pleading with him, 6“Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible agony.”
7He said to him, “Am I to come and heal him?” #8:7 Or “I will come and heal him.”
8“Lord,” the centurion replied, “I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.#Ps 107:20; Lk 15:19,21 9For I too am a man under authority, having soldiers under my command.#8:9 Lit under me 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.”
10Hearing this, Jesus was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with so great a faith. 11I tell you that many will come from east and west to share the banquet#8:11 Lit recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.#Is 49:12; 59:19; Mk 1:11; Lk 13:29; Eph 3:6 12But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”#Mt 13:42,50; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30; Lk 13:28 13Then Jesus told the centurion, “Go. As you have believed,#Mt 9:22,29; Jn 4:53 let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that very moment.#8:13 Or that hour; lit very hour
Healings at Capernaum
14Jesus went into Peter’s house#Mk 1:29–34; Lk 4:38–41 and saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. 15So he touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve him. 16When evening came, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed. He drove out the spirits#Mk 3:15; 1Tm 4:1; 1Jn 4:1 with a word and healed all who were sick,#Mt 4:24; 8:33; Ac 19:12 17so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
He himself took our weaknesses
and carried our diseases. # 8:17 Is 53:4 #
Is 53:4; Mt 1:22
The Cost of Following Jesus
18When Jesus saw a large crowd#8:18 Other mss read saw large crowds#Mt 14:22; Mk 4:35; Lk 8:22; Jn 6:15–17 around him, he gave the order to go to the other side of the sea. 19A scribe approached him and said,#Lk 9:57–60 “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man#Dn 7:14; Mt 9:6; 12:8; 13:41; Mk 8:31 has no place to lay his head.”
21“Lord,” another of his disciples said, “first let me go bury my father.”
22But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Wind and Waves Obey Jesus
23As he got into the boat,#Mk 4:36–41; Lk 8:22–25; Jn 6:16–21 his disciples#Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16 followed him. 24Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves — but Jesus kept sleeping. 25So the disciples came and woke him up, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to die!”
26He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea,#Ps 65:7; 89:9; 107:29; Mt 6:30; Lk 4:39 and there was a great calm.
27The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey#Mk 1:27; Lk 5:9 him!”
Demons Driven Out by Jesus
28When he had come to the other side,#Mk 5:1–17; Lk 8:26–37 to the region of the Gadarenes,#8:28 Other mss read Gergesenes two demon-possessed men met him as they came out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. 29Suddenly they shouted, “What do you have to do with us,#8:29 Other mss add Jesus Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?” #Jdg 11:12; 2Sm 16:10; Mk 1:24; Lk 4:34; Jn 2:4; Ac 8:7
30A long way off from them, a large herd of pigs was feeding. 31“If you drive us out,” the demons begged him, “send us into the herd of pigs.”
32 “Go!” he told them. So when they had come out, they entered the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water. 33Then the men who tended them fled. They went into the city and reported everything, especially what had happened to those who were demon-possessed. 34At that, the whole town went out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.#1Kg 17:18; Lk 5:8; Ac 16:39
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