Matthew 8
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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 a serious skin disease 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 He touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean.” Immediately his disease was healed. # Lit 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 prescribed, 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! ”
7“I will come and heal him,” He told him.
8“Lord,” the centurion replied, “I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But only say the word, and my servant will be cured. # Ps 107:20; Lk 15:19,21 9For I too am a man under authority, having soldiers under my command. # Lit under me I say to this one, ‘Go! ’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come! ’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this! ’ and he does it.”
10Hearing this, Jesus was amazed and said to those following Him, “I assure you: I have not found anyone in Israel with so great a faith! 11I tell you that many will come from east and west, and 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. In that place 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 cured that very moment. # Or that hour ; lit very hour
Healings at Capernaum
14When Jesus went into Peter’s house, # Mk 1:29-34; Lk 4:38-41 He 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. # Is 53:4; Mt 1:22 # Is 53:4
Following Jesus
18When Jesus saw large crowds # Other mss read saw a crowd # 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. # = Sea of Galilee 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.” # Not necessarily meaning his father was already dead
22But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Wind and Wave Obey the Master
23As He got into the # Other mss read to a 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 He was sleeping. 25So the disciples came and woke Him up, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to die! ”
26But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, 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 the Master
28When He had come to the other side, # Mk 5:1-17; Lk 8:26-37 to the region of the Gadarenes, # 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, # Other mss add Jesus # Lit What to us and to You 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
30Now a 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 suddenly 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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Matthew 8
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1 When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 2Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”
3Yeshua stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4Yeshua 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 he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him for help, 6saying, “Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented.”
7Yeshua said to him, “I will come and heal him.”
8 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. 9For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and tell another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and tell my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
10 When Yeshua heard it, he marveled and said to those who followed, “Most certainly I tell you, I haven’t found so great a faith, not even in Israel. 11I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven, 12but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 13Yeshua said to the centurion, “Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed.” His servant was healed in that hour.
14 When Yeshua came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever. 15He touched her hand, and the fever left her. So she got up and served him.#8:15 TR reads “them” instead of “him” 16When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, 17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.”#Isaiah 53:4
18 Now when Yeshua saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.
19 A scribe came and said to him, “Rabbi, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20Yeshua 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 of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
22 But Yeshua said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
23 When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him. 24Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves; but he was asleep. 25The disciples came to him and woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord! We are dying!”
26 He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.
27 The men marveled, saying, “What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
28 When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes,#8:28 NU reads “Gadarenes” two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way. 29Behold, they cried out, saying, “What do we have to do with you, Yeshua, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?” 30Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them. 31The demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”
32 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. 33Those who fed them fled and went away into the city and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons. 34Behold, all the city came out to meet Yeshua. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.
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