Matthew 8
8
Jesus Cleanses a Leper
1When he came down from the mountain, #ch. 4:25great crowds followed him. 2#For ver. 2-4, see Mark 1:40-44; Luke 5:12-14 And behold, a leper#8:2 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13 came to him and #[ch. 18:26; Acts 10:25]knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” 3And Jesus#8:3 Greek he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4And Jesus said to him, #ch. 9:30; 17:9; Mark 1:34; 5:43; 7:36; 8:26; See ch. 12:16 “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, #Luke 17:14 show yourself to the priest and #Lev. 14:2-32 offer the gift that Moses commanded, #ch. 10:18; 24:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5; James 5:3for a proof to them.”
The Faith of a Centurion
5 # For ver. 5-13, see Luke 7:1-10 When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, 6“Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” 7And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 8But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but #Ps. 107:20; [ver. 16]only say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant,#8:9 Or bondservant ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 10When Jesus heard this, #[Mark 6:6] he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with #See ch. 9:2no one in Israel#8:10 Some manuscripts not even in Israel have I found such faith. 11I tell you, #Luke 13:29; Eph. 3:6; [Isa. 59:19; Mal. 1:11]many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, 12#Luke 13:28; [ch. 19:30; 21:41, 43] while the sons of the kingdom #ch. 22:13; 25:30 will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place #ch. 13:42, 50; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30; Luke 13:28there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 13And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you #ch. 9:29 as you have believed.” #John 4:53; [ch. 9:22]And the servant was healed at that very moment.
Jesus Heals Many
14 # For ver. 14-16, see Mark 1:29-34; Luke 4:38-41 And when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw #1 Cor. 9:5his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. 15He #[ch. 9:25]touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. 16That evening they brought to him many who were #ver. 28, 33; See ch. 4:24 oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits #[ver. 8]with a word and healed all who were sick. 17#See ch. 1:22 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: #Cited from Isa. 53:4“He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”
The Cost of Following Jesus
18Now #[ch. 14:22; John 6:15-17] when Jesus saw a crowd around him, #Mark 4:35; Luke 8:22he gave orders to go over to the other side. 19#For ver. 19-22, see Luke 9:57-60And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 21Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 22And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave #[John 5:25]the dead to bury their own dead.”
Jesus Calms a Storm
23 # For ver. 23-27, see Mark 4:36-41; Luke 8:22-25; [John 6:16-21] And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. 24And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but #[John 4:6, 7]he was asleep. 25And they went and woke him, saying, #[ch. 14:30]“Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” 26And he said to them, “Why are you #John 14:27 afraid, #See ch. 6:30 O you of little faith?” Then he rose and #Ps. 104:6, 7; [Luke 4:39] rebuked the winds and the sea, and #Job 38:11; Ps. 65:7; [ch. 14:32]there was a great calm. 27And the men #[Mark 1:27] marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even #[Luke 5:9]winds and sea obey him?”
Jesus Heals Two Men with Demons
28 # For ch. 8:28–9:1, see Mark 5:1-21; Luke 8:26-40 And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes,#8:28 Some manuscripts Gergesenes; some Gerasenes two #ver. 16; [Rev. 18:2]demon-possessed#8:28 Greek daimonizomai (demonized); also verse 33; elsewhere rendered oppressed by demons men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. 29And behold, they #Mark 1:23, 24, 26; Luke 4:34; Acts 8:7 cried out, “What have you to do with us, #[ch. 4:3, 6]; See ch. 14:33 O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us #[Rev. 12:12]before the time?” 30Now a herd of many pigs was feeding at some distance from them. 31And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.” 32And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters. 33The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, especially what had happened to the #ver. 16demon-possessed men. 34And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, #[1 Kgs. 17:18; Luke 5:8; Acts 16:39]they begged him to leave their region.
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Matthew 8
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Jesus heals a man
(Mark 1.40-45; Luke 5.12-16)
1As Jesus came down the mountain, he was followed by large crowds. 2Suddenly a man with leprosy#8.2 leprosy: In biblical times the word “leprosy” was used for many different kinds of skin diseases. came and knelt in front of Jesus. He said, “Lord, you have the power to make me well, if only you wanted to.”
3Jesus put his hand on the man and said, “I want to! Now you are well.” At once the man's leprosy disappeared. 4Jesus told him, “Don't tell anyone about this, but go and show the priest that you are well. Then take a gift to the temple just as Moses commanded, and everyone will know that you have been healed.”#8.4 everyone will know that you have been healed: People with leprosy had to be examined by a priest and told that they were well (that is “clean”) before they could once again live a normal life in the Jewish community. The gift that Moses commanded was the sacrifice of some lambs together with flour mixed with olive oil.#Lv 14.1-32.
Jesus heals an army officer's servant
(Luke 7.1-10; John 4.43-54)
5When Jesus was going into the town of Capernaum, an army officer came up to him and said, 6“Lord, my servant is at home in such terrible pain that he can't even move.”
7“I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied.
8But the officer said, “Lord, I'm not good enough for you to come into my house. Just give the order, and my servant will get well. 9I have officers who give orders to me, and I have soldiers who take orders from me. I can say to one of them, ‘Go!’ and he goes. I can say to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes. I can say to my servant, ‘Do this!’ and he will do it.”
10When Jesus heard this, he was so surprised that he turned and said to the crowd following him, “I tell you that in all of Israel I've never found anyone with this much faith! 11Many people will come from everywhere to enjoy the feast in the kingdom of heaven with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.#Lk 13.29. 12But the ones who should have been in the kingdom will be thrown out into the dark. They will cry and grit their teeth in pain.”#Mt 22.13; 25.30; Lk 13.28.
13Then Jesus said to the officer, “You may go home now. Your faith has made it happen.”
At once his servant was healed.
Jesus heals many people
(Mark 1.29-34; Luke 4.38-41)
14Jesus went to the home of Peter, where he found that Peter's mother-in-law was sick in bed with fever. 15He took her by the hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and served Jesus a meal.
16That evening many people with demons in them were brought to Jesus. And with only a word he forced out the evil spirits and healed everyone who was sick. 17So God's promise came true, just as the prophet Isaiah had said,#Is 53.4.
“He healed our diseases
and made us well.”
Some who wanted to go with Jesus
(Luke 9.57-62)
18When Jesus saw the crowd,#8.18 saw the crowd: Some manuscripts have “large crowd”. Others have “large crowds”. he went across Lake Galilee. 19A teacher of the Law of Moses came up to him and said, “Teacher, I'll go anywhere with you!”
20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens, and birds have nests. But the Son of Man doesn't have a place to call his own.”
21Another disciple said to Jesus, “Lord, let me wait till I bury my father.”
22Jesus answered, “Come with me, and let the dead bury their dead.”#8.22 let the dead bury their dead: For the Jewish people a proper burial of their dead was a very important duty. But Jesus teaches that following him is even more important.
A storm
(Mark 4.35-41; Luke 8.22-25)
23After Jesus left in a boat with his disciples, 24a terrible storm suddenly struck the lake, and waves started splashing into their boat.
Jesus was sound asleep, 25so the disciples went over to him and woke him up. They said, “Lord, save us! We're going to drown!”
26But Jesus replied, “Why are you so afraid? You don't have much faith.” Then he got up and ordered the wind and the waves to calm down. And everything was calm.
27The men in the boat were amazed and said, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him.”
Two men with demons in them
(Mark 5.1-20; Luke 8.26-39)
28After Jesus had crossed the lake, he came to shore near the town of Gadara#8.28 Gadara: Some manuscripts have “Gergesa”. Others have “Gerasa”. and started down the road. Two men with demons in them came to him from the tombs.#8.28 tombs: It was thought that demons and evil spirits lived in tombs and in caves that were used for burying the dead. They were so fierce that no one could travel that way. 29Suddenly they shouted, “Jesus, Son of God, what do you want with us? Have you come to punish us before our time?”
30Not far from there a large herd of pigs was feeding. 31So the demons begged Jesus, “If you force us out, please send us into those pigs!” 32Jesus told them to go, and they went out of the men and into the pigs. All at once the pigs rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
33The people taking care of the pigs ran to the town and told everything, especially what had happened to the two men. 34Everyone in town came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their part of the country.
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