1Jesus came down from the mountainside. Large crowds followed him.2A man who had a skin disease came and got down on his knees in front of Jesus. He said, ‘Lord, if you are willing to make me “clean”, you can do it.’3Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. ‘I am willing to do it,’ he said. ‘Be “clean”!’ Right away the man was healed of his skin disease.4Then Jesus said to him, ‘Don’t tell anyone. Go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift Moses commanded. It will be a witness to everyone.’
A Roman commander has faith
5When Jesus entered Capernaum, a Roman commander came to him. He asked Jesus for help.6‘Lord’, he said, ‘my servant lies at home and can’t move. He is suffering terribly.’7Jesus said, ‘Shall I come and heal him?’8The commander replied, ‘Lord, I am not good enough to have you come into my house. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.9I myself am a man under authority. And I have soldiers who obey my 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 those following him, ‘What I’m about to tell you is true. In Israel I have not found anyone whose faith is so strong.11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west. They will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of heaven. They will sit with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.12But those who think they belong in the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness. There they will weep and grind their teeth.’13Then Jesus said to the Roman commander, ‘Go! It will be done just as you believed it would.’ And his servant was healed at that moment.
Jesus heals many people
14When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law. She was lying in bed. She had a fever.15Jesus touched her hand, and the fever left her. 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. He healed all who were ill.17This happened so that what Isaiah the prophet had said would come true. He had said, ‘He suffered the things we should have suffered. He took on himself the diseases that should have been ours.’ (Isa 53:4)
The cost of following Jesus
18Jesus saw the crowd around him. So he gave his disciples orders to go to the other side of the Sea of Galilee.19Then a teacher of the law came to him. He said, ‘Teacher, I will follow you no matter where you go.’20Jesus replied, ‘Foxes have dens. Birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.’21Another follower said to him, ‘Lord, first let me go and bury my father.’22But Jesus told him, ‘Follow me. Let the dead bury their own dead.’
Jesus calms the storm
23Jesus got into a boat. His disciples followed him.24Suddenly a terrible storm came up on the lake. The waves crashed over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.25The disciples went and woke him up. They said, ‘Lord! Save us! We’re going to drown!’26He replied, ‘Your faith is so small! Why are you so afraid?’ Then Jesus got up and ordered the winds and the waves to stop. 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
28Jesus arrived at the other side of the lake in the area of the Gadarenes. Two men controlled by demons met him. They came from the tombs. The men were so wild that no one could pass that way.29‘Son of God, what do you want with us?’ they shouted. ‘Have you come here to punish us before the time for us to be judged?’30Not very far away, a large herd of pigs was feeding.31The demons begged Jesus, ‘If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.’32Jesus said to them, ‘Go!’ So the demons came out of the men and went into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the steep bank. They ran into the lake and drowned in the water.33Those who were tending the pigs ran off. They went into the town and reported all this. They told the people what had happened to the men who had been controlled by demons.34Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their area.
Matthew 8
English Standard Version
Jesus Cleanses a Leper
1When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. (Mt 4:25)2And behold, a leper[1] came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” (Mt 18:26; Mr 1:40; Lu 5:12; Ac 10:25)3And Jesus[2] stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.4And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” (Le 14:2; Mt 9:30; Mt 10:18; Mt 12:16; Mt 17:9; Mt 24:14; Mr 1:34; Mr 5:43; Mr 6:11; Mr 7:36; Mr 8:26; Lu 9:5; Lu 17:14; Jas 5:3)
The Faith of a Centurion
5When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, (Lu 7:1)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 only say the word, and my servant will be healed. (Ps 107:20; Mt 8:16)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,[3] ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”10When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel[4] have I found such faith. (Mt 9:2; Mr 6:6)11I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, (Isa 59:19; Mal 1:11; Lu 13:29; Eph 3:6)12while 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; Mt 13:50; Mt 19:30; Mt 21:41; Mt 21:43; Mt 22:13; Mt 24:51; Mt 25:30; Lu 13:28)13And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed at that very moment. (Mt 9:22; Mt 9:29; Joh 4:53)
Jesus Heals Many
14And when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. (Mr 1:29; Lu 4:38; 1Co 9:5)15He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. (Mt 9:25)16That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. (Mt 4:24; Mt 8:8; Mt 8:28; Mt 8:33)17This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.” (Isa 53:4; Mt 1:22)
The Cost of Following Jesus
18Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side. (Mt 14:22; Mr 4:35; Lu 8:22; Joh 6:15)19And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” (Lu 9:57)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 the dead to bury their own dead.” (Joh 5:25)
Jesus Calms a Storm
23And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. (Mr 4:36; Lu 8:22; Joh 6:16)24And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. (Joh 4:6)25And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” (Mt 14:30)26And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. (Job 38:11; Ps 65:7; Ps 104:6; Mt 6:30; Mt 14:32; Lu 4:39; Joh 14:27)27And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?” (Mr 1:27; Lu 5:9)
Jesus Heals Two Men with Demons
28And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes,[5] two demon-possessed[6] men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. (Mt 8:16; Mr 5:1; Lu 8:26; Re 18:2)29And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?” (Mt 4:3; Mt 4:6; Mt 14:33; Mr 1:23; Mr 1:26; Lu 4:34; Ac 8:7; Re 12:12)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 demon-possessed men. (Mt 8:16)34And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region. (1Ki 17:18; Lu 5:8; Ac 16:39)