Matthew 8

ABU(i) 1 WHEN he had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 2 And, behold, there came a leper and bowed down to him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me. 3 And stretching forth his hand, he touched him, saying: I will; be thou cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Jesus says to him: See thou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. 5 And as he entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him, 6 and saying: Lord, my servant lies at home palsied, grievously tormented. 7 And Jesus says to him: I will come and heal him. 8 The centurion answered and said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof; but only say in a word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me, and 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 And Jesus hearing it marveled, and said to those who followed: Verily I say to you, I found not so great faith, even in Israel. 11 And I say to you, that many will come from the east and west, and will recline at table, with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven; 12 but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth! 13 And Jesus said to the centurion: Go thy way; and as thou didst believe, be it done to thee. And his servant was healed in that hour. 14 And Jesus, coming into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law lying, and sick with fever. 15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and ministered to him. 16 When evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with demons; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick; 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses. 18 And Jesus, seeing great multitudes about him, commanded to depart to the other side. 19 And a certain scribe came, and said to him: Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 20 And Jesus says to him: The foxes have holes and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head. 21 And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 22 But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead. 23 And when he had entered into the ship, his disciples followed him. 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but he was sleeping. 25 And the disciples came and awoke him, saying: Lord, save us; we perish. 26 And he says to them: Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith? Then rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27 And the men marveled, saying: What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! 28 And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one was able to pass by that way. 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Son of God? Camest thou hither to torment us before the time? 30 And there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding. And the demons besought him, saying: 31 If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine. 32 And he said to them, Go. And they, coming out, went away into the swine; and, behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and perished in the waters. 33 And the herdsmen fled, and went away into the city, and told every thing, and what had befallen the possessed with demons. 34 And, behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus; and seeing him, they besought that he would depart from their borders.