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 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
Currently Selected:
Matthew 8: HCSB
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
© 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. All rights reserved.
Matthew 8
8
Jesus Heals a Man
(Mk 1.40–45; Lk 5.12–16)
1When Jesus came down from the hill, large crowds followed him. 2Then 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.”#8.2 make me clean: This disease was considered to make a person ritually unclean.
3Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him. “I do want to,” he answered. “Be clean!” At once the man was healed of his disease. 4#Lev 14.1–32Then 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.”
Jesus Heals a Roman Officer's Servant
(Lk 7.1–10)
5When Jesus entered Capernaum, a Roman officer met him and begged for help: 6“Sir, my servant is sick in bed at home, unable to move and suffering terribly.”
7 “I will go and make him well,” Jesus said.
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. 9I, 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.”
10When 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. 11#Lk 13.29I 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. 12#Mt 22.13; 25.30; Lk 13.28But those who should be in the Kingdom will be thrown out into the darkness, where they will cry and grind their teeth.” 13Then 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.
Jesus Heals Many People
(Mk 1.29–34; Lk 4.38–41)
14Jesus went to Peter's home, and there he saw Peter's mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever. 15He touched her hand; the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him.
16When 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. 17#Is 53.4He did this to make what the prophet Isaiah had said come true, “He himself took our sickness and carried away our diseases.”
The Would-be Followers of Jesus
(Lk 9.57–62)
18When Jesus noticed the crowd round him, he ordered his disciples to go to the other side of the lake. 19A teacher of the Law came to him. “Teacher,” he said, “I am ready to go with you wherever you go.”
20Jesus answered him, “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lie down and rest.”
21Another man, who was a disciple, said, “Sir, first let me go back and bury my father.”
22 “Follow me,” Jesus answered, “and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Jesus Calms a Storm
(Mk 4.35–41; Lk 8.22–25)
23Jesus got into a boat, and his disciples went with him. 24Suddenly a fierce storm hit the lake, and the boat was in danger of sinking. But Jesus was asleep. 25The disciples went to him and woke him up. “Save us, Lord!” they said. “We are about to die!”
26 “Why are you so frightened?” Jesus answered. “How little faith you have!” Then he got up and ordered the winds and the waves to stop, and there was a great calm.
27Everyone was amazed. “What kind of man is this?” they said. “Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
Jesus Heals Two Men with Demons
(Mk 5.1–20; Lk 8.26–39)
28When 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. 29At once they screamed, “What do you want with us, you Son of God? Have you come to punish us before the right time?”
30Not far away there was a large herd of pigs feeding. 31So the demons begged Jesus, “If you are going to drive us out, send us into that 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.
33The 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. 34So everyone from the town went out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their territory.
Currently Selected:
:
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
Good News Bible. Scripture taken from the Good News Bible (r) (Today's English Version Second Edition, UK/British Edition). Copyright © 1992 British & Foreign Bible Society. Used by permission.