Matthew 8
1 When he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.
2 Then a man with leprosy came up, bowed before him, and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
3 Jesus reached out his hand, touched him, and said, “I am willing. Be made clean.” At once his leprosy was cleansed.
4 Then Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one. But go, show yourself to the priest, and present the offering Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
5 When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him and pleaded with him.
6 He said, “Lord, my servant is lying at home, paralyzed and suffering terribly.”
7 Jesus said to him, “I will go and heal him.”
8 The centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy for you to come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
9 For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under my command. 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.”
10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have found no one in Israel with such great faith.
11 I tell you that many will come from the east and the west and take their places at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven;
12 but the heirs of the Kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and grinding of teeth there.”
13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; let it be done for you as you believed.” And the servant was healed at that very hour.
14 Jesus went to Peter’s house and saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.
15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and began to serve him.
16 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all who were ill,
17 so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “He took our weaknesses and bore our diseases.”
18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he ordered them to cross to the other side.
19 Then a teacher of the Law came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20 Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
21 Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.”
22 But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
23 When he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.
24 Suddenly a fierce storm arose on the sea, so that the waves swept over the boat; but he was sleeping.
25 They came and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re perishing!”
26 He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
27 The people were amazed and said, “What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?”
28 When he arrived on the other side, in the region of the Gadarenes, two men who were demon-possessed came out of the tombs to meet him. They were so violent that no one could pass along that road.
29 They shouted, “What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?”
30 A large herd of pigs was grazing some distance away from them.
31 The demons begged him, “If you are going to drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
32 He said to them, “Go.” They came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the water.
33 The men tending the pigs fled, went into the city, and reported everything, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.
34 Then the whole city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their territory.
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