Matthew 8

When he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing. Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. Then Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one. But go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” When he entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him, pleading with him and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.” He said to him, “I will come and heal him.” The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have found no one in Israel with such great faith. I tell you that many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; let it be done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed at that very hour. When Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying down with a fever. He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and began to serve him. When evening came, they brought him many who were possessed by demons. He cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were ill, to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
“He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.” When Jesus saw large crowds around him, he gave orders to go to the other side. A scribe approached and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him. Suddenly a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves. But he was asleep. They came and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. The men marveled, saying, “What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?” When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two men possessed by demons met him, coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass along that road. They cried out, “What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?” Some distance from them, a large herd of pigs was feeding. The demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” He said to them, “Go!” They came out and went into the pigs. Then the whole herd rushed down the steep slope into the sea and died in the waters. The herdsmen fled, went into the town, and reported everything, including what had happened to the men possessed by demons. Then the whole town came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their territory.

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