Matthew 8

Thomson^{(i) 1} And as he was going down from the mount great multitudes followed him. ² And lo! a leper came and prostrated himself before him, and said, Sir, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me. ³ Whereupon Jesus stretched forth his hand and touched him, saying, I will: Be thou cleansed. And immediately he was cured of his leprosy. ⁴ Then Jesus saith to him, See thou tell no one; but go and shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses prescribed, for a testimony to them. ⁵ And as Jesus was entering Capernaum, a centurion met him and in treated him, ⁶ saying, Sir, my servant lieth at home struck with a palsy, in great torture. ⁷ Thereupon Jesus saith to him, I was coming; I will cure him. ⁸ In reply to which the centurion said, Sir, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof; but only speak a word and my servant will be cured. ⁹ For even I, who am myself under command, having soldiers under me, say to one, Go; and he goeth: and to another, Come; and he cometh: and to my slave, Do this; and he doth it. ¹⁰ Upon hearing this Jesus expressed admiration, saying to them who followed him, Verily I say to you, I have not found even in Israel such a belief. ¹¹ Now I say to you that many will come from the east and west, and will be placed at table with Abraham and Isaak and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens, ¹² and the children of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. Weeping and gnashing of teeth will be there. ¹³ Then Jesus said to the centurion, Go thy way and be it done for thee as thou hast believed. And that very instant his servant was cured. ¹⁴ Jesus also having gone to Peter's house, saw his wife's mother confined to her bed and sick of a fever, ¹⁵ and he touched her hand; thereupon the fever left her and she arose and entertained them. ¹⁶ And in the evening there were brought to him many demoniacs. And he expelled the spirits with a word, and cured all that were sick ¹⁷ so that there was an accomplishment of that which was spoken by the prophet Esaias, saying, "He took our infirmities and bore away our diseases." ¹⁸ When Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave orders to go over to the opposite shore; ¹⁹ whereupon a certain scribe accosting him, said, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. ²⁰ Jesus saith to him, the foxes have holes and the birds of the air have roosts; but the son of man hath not where to lay his head. ²¹ Another of his disciples said to him, Master, permit me to go first and bury my father. ²² And to him Jesus said, Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead. ²³ Then having gone aboard the vessel, his disciples followed him. ²⁴ And behold there came on a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the vessel was covered with the waves, and he was asleep. ²⁵ Thereupon his disciples came and awoke him, saying, Master, save us! we are perishing. ²⁶ And he said to them, Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea, and a great calm ensued. ²⁷ And the men in amaze, said, "What sort of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?" ²⁸ And when he arrived at the opposite shore in the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs coming out of the tombs, so furious that nobody durst pass that way. ²⁹ And instantly they screamed, saying, What hast thou to do with us, Jesus son of God! Art thou come hither before the time to torment us. ³⁰ Now there was at some distance from them a herd of many swine, feeding: ³¹ and the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, permit us to go into that herd of swine. ³² And he said to them, Go. Thereupon they went out and entered into the herd of swine. And instantly the whole herd ran violently down a precipice into the sea, and perished in the waters. ³³ And they who fed them fled; and having gone to the city, they told all the circumstances, including the case of the demoniacs. ³⁴ And presently all the city came out to meet Jesus, and having seen him they intreated him to. withdraw out of their territory.