Matthew 8 Now upon His walking down from the mountain, large crowds followed after Him.

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Now upon His walking down from the mountain, large crowds followed after Him. ² And then – look and consider! – a leper approaching began doing obeisance to (paying homage to; worshiping) Him, repeatedly saying, "O Lord (Master), if you should want to, You are able and continue having power to at once cleanse me!" ³ So, stretching out His hand, He touched him, while saying, "I am habitually wanting to: Be cleansed at once!" And immediately his leprosy was cleansed! ⁴ Then Jesus continues saying to him, "See here. You may not tell [this] to even one person, but rather, proceed to depart, leading [yourself] under [this word]. [Then] show yourself to the priest and offer the gift which Moses arranged with a view to [this situation, which leads] into a witness to them and provides evidence for [everyone]." ⁵ Now upon His entering into Capernaum, a centurion (a commander of one hundred men in the Roman army) approached Him, calling Him alongside and pleading with Him and then saying, ⁶ "Sir, my orderly (manservant; servant boy) has been struck down with paralysis and is bedridden (has been laid up) within the house, constantly being dreadfully pained and grievously tested with this affliction." ⁷ So Jesus then says to him, "I Myself, upon coming, will proceed to serve and cure him, then restore him to health." (as a question: "Shall I, Myself, on coming, be serving and giving him attentive care or prescribing therapy or ongoing treatment that will restore him to health?") ⁸ Now the centurion, giving a considered response, said, "O Sir, I am not fit or important enough to the end that you should enter under my roof. But rather, only say a word (speak a message) and my orderly (manservant) will proceed to be healed and made whole. ⁹ "You see, I too am myself (or: even I, myself, am) a person (a man) being set in a continued arrangement under authority – continuing in holding (having) soldiers under me – and I normally say to this one, 'Go your way,' and he proceeds going his way; and to another one, 'Proceed coming,' and he proceeds coming, and to my slave, 'Do this,' and by habit he is doing [it]." ¹⁰ Now at hearing [that], Jesus was astounded (was amazed; marvels) and said to those following after Him, "Truly I am saying to you folks, with no one in Israel do I find so much faith [as this]! (or: I did not find such great trust and confidence at the side of even one person within the midst of Israel!). ¹¹ "Now I further say to you that many people from eastern lands, as well as western regions, will continue arriving. And they will one-after-another be made to recline [and dine] with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, within the reign and sovereign rule of the heavens (or: the kingdom of the atmospheres). ¹² "Yet the 'sons of the kingdom (or: reign; = those who were in line to inherit the kingdom; or: = those who were supposed to manifest its reign)' will be progressively thrown out into the external darkness (external obscurity of the shadows). There [= outside the banqueting building] it will continue be 'weeping and grinding of teeth' (or: The crying and the gnashing of teeth will be in that [outdoor] place, or situation)." [note: grinding/gnashing of teeth = either regret, or anger] ¹³ So Jesus said to the centurion, "Go! In the same way that you trusted, let it come to be for you (or: Just as you believe, let it be birthed and happen with you)!" And so the orderly (manservant; servant boy) was healed and made whole in that hour. ¹⁴ Later, Jesus, upon coming into Peter's house, saw his mother-in-law having been thrown [out of good health] and now being bedridden and burning with a fever. ¹⁵ And so He touched her hand, and the fever flowed away from her. Then she got up (arose) and began giving attending service to Him. ¹⁶ Now with it becoming evening, people brought many folks being habitually affected by demons, and He cast out the spirits (breath-effects; attitudes) with a word (by a message; by a thought), and He served, cured and restored to health (or: gave attentive care or prescribed therapy or instigated ongoing treatment for) all those continuously having it badly (= those habitually with illness). ¹⁷ In this way the things spoken through Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled, [which] continue saying, "He Himself took our incapacities (weaknesses; infirmities; sicknesses) and then lifted up and bore the diseases aloft." [Isa. 53:4] ¹⁸ But then, upon seeing a crowd around Him, Jesus gave the order (command) to go off into the other side [of the lake]. ¹⁹ Later, one scribe (scholar; theologian; Law expert) approaching [Him] said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you may be now departing (or: are about to go off)!" ²⁰ So Jesus then says to him, "The foxes continue having dens (burrows), and the birds of the sky (or: atmosphere) [have] roosts (or: nests; lodging places), yet the Son of mankind (or: humanity's son; = the son of Adam) continues having nowhere He can incline the head (= lay down the head for sleep)." ²¹ Now a different one of the disciples said to Him, "Master (Sir; Lord), permit me first to go off and to bury my father." ²² But Jesus says to him, "You continue following Me, and abandon (divorce; leave behind; or: let; allow) the dead folks to bury their own dead ones." ²³ And so, with Him stepping into a boat, His disciples at once followed Him. ²⁴ Later – look and consider! – a great quaking occurred (an earthquake happened) in the midst of the lake (or: sea) so that the boat was being repeatedly covered – to the point of being hidden and swamped – by the waves. Yet He kept on sleeping (or: continued being fast asleep). ²⁵ So, approaching, they aroused Him, repeatedly saying, "O Lord (Master)! Rescue [us] (Save [us]) at once! We are progressively being destroyed and are perishing!" ²⁶ And so He then says to them, "Why are you men frightened and lacking in courage? [You are] men with little trust and small faith!" At that point being aroused and getting up, He gave a respectful directive to (or: spoke a value-based command upon) the winds and the lake (sea), and a great calm was birthed (or: it came to be utterly still). ²⁷ So the men were astounded with puzzled amazement, and one after another kept saying, "What kind (or: sort) of Person is this Man, that even the winds and the lake (or: sea) are in the habit of being obedient to Him (or: are now submissively listening and paying compliant attention to Him)?" ²⁸ Then upon His coming into the other side [of the lake] – into the country of the Gadarenes [other MSS: Gergesenes] – two men, affected or controlled by demons (Hellenistic concept and term: = animistic influences, or, negative spirits), met Him on their way coming out from among the memorial tombs (the burial caves; graveyard). [They were] extremely rugged men who were usually fierce to the point of being violent, savage, or hard to deal with, so that no one was normally strong enough to pass by through that way or along that road. ²⁹ So look and consider! They cried out, repeatedly saying, "What [does this mean] for us and for You, O Son of God? Do (or: Did) You come here to test us or to cause us pain or distress before the appointed season (or: before the right situation; before the fertile moment)?" ³⁰ Now there was a domestic herd of many pigs (hogs; swine) being habitually grazed some distance away from them, ³¹ so the demons (Hellenistic concept and term: = animistic influences; violent spirits) began calling Him to their side for help, and kept on pleading and bargaining with Him, saying, "Since (or: If) You are now in the process of casting us out, send us off on a mission into that domestic herd of pigs!" ³² Accordingly He said to them, "Be proceeding on your way and bring things under control!" Now upon coming out, they went off into the pigs, and – now look and consider! – the entire herd at once stampeded down the steep slope (or: precipice) into the lake (or: sea) – and they died within the waters!" ³³ Now the men habitually grazing (the herdsmen normally tending and feeding [the pigs] at pasture) ran off and, upon going off into the city, reported everything – as well as the situation and affairs pertaining to the men affected and controlled by the demons (Hellenistic concept and term: = animistic influences). ³⁴ And now look and consider! The entire city came out to meet with Jesus. Then, upon seeing Him, they asked Him for help in the situation and, in bargaining, they earnestly urged Him so that He would change His steps and transfer Himself away from their boundaries (territories; districts).