Matthew

The Leper’s Prayer

1When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.

2Suddenly a lepercame and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

3Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

4Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”

The Faith of the Centurion

5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,

6“Lord, my servantlies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”

7“I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied.

8The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

9For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”

10When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

12But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

13Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.

Jesus Heals at Peter’s House

14When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.

15So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve Him.

16When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

17This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmitiesand carried our diseases.”

The Cost of Discipleship

18When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.

19And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”

20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

21Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

22But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

Jesus Calms the Storm

23When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.

24Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves. But Jesus was sleeping.

25The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”

26“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.

27The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”

The Demons and the Pigs

28When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes,He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

29“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

30In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.

31So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

32“Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.

33Those tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men.

34Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.

1And when he came down from the mount, great multitudes did follow him,

2and lo, a leper having come, was bowing to him, saying, 'Sir, if thou art willing, thou art able to cleanse me;'

3and having stretched forth the hand, Jesus touched him, saying, 'I will, be thou cleansed,' and immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

4And Jesus saith to him, 'See, thou mayest tell no one, but go, thyself shew to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them.'

5And Jesus having entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion calling upon him,

6and saying, 'Sir, my young man hath been laid in the house a paralytic, fearfully afflicted,'

7and Jesus saith to him, 'I, having come, will heal him.'

8And the centurion answering said, 'Sir, I am not worthy that thou mayest enter under my roof, but only say a word, and my servant shall be healed;

9for I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Be coming, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doth [it].'

10And Jesus having heard, did wonder, and said to those following, 'Verily I say to you, not even in Israel so great faith have I found;

11and I say to you, that many from east and west shall come and recline (at meat) with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the reign of the heavens,

12but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness — there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'

13And Jesus said to the centurion, 'Go, and as thou didst believe let it be to thee;' and his young man was healed in that hour.

14And Jesus having come into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law laid, and fevered,

15and he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose, and was ministering to them.

16And evening having come, they brought to him many demoniacs, and he did cast out the spirits with a word, and did heal all who were ill,

17that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, 'Himself took our infirmities, and the sicknesses he did bear.'

18And Jesus having seen great multitudes about him, did command to depart to the other side;

19and a certain scribe having come, said to him, 'Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go;'

20and Jesus saith to him, 'The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'

21And another of his disciples said to him, 'Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;'

22and Jesus said to him, 'Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'

23And when he entered into the boat his disciples did follow him,

24and lo, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves, but he was sleeping,

25and his disciples having come to him, awoke him, saying, 'Sir, save us; we are perishing.'

26And he saith to them, 'Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?' Then having risen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm;

27and the men wondered, saying, 'What kind — is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'

28And he having come to the other side, to the region of the Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming forth out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one was able to pass over by that way,

29and lo, they cried out, saying, 'What — to us and to thee, Jesus, Son of God? didst thou come hither, before the time, to afflict us?'

30And there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding,

31and the demons were calling on him, saying, 'If thou dost cast us forth, permit us to go away to the herd of the swine;'

32and he saith to them, 'Go.' And having come forth, they went to the herd of the swine, and lo, the whole herd of the swine rushed down the steep, to the sea, and died in the waters,

33and those feeding did flee, and, having gone to the city, they declared all, and the matter of the demoniacs.

34And lo, all the city came forth to meet Jesus, and having seen him, they called on [him] that he might depart from their borders.