Haweis - Matthew - 8

8:1  NOW when he descended from the mount, great multitudes followed him.

8:2  And lo! a leper came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

8:3  And stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And instantly the leprosy was cleansed.

8:4  And Jesus said to him, See thou tell no man; but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them.

8:5  Then as Jesus was entering into Capernaum, there met him a centurion, intreating him,

8:6  and saying, My servant is lying in the house paralytic, terribly tormented with pain.

8:7  And Jesus said unto him, I will come and heal him.

8:8  And the centurion said, I am not a fit person, that thou shouldest come under my roof: but only speak a word, and my servant be cured.

8:9  For I also am a man under authority, having under my command soldiers and I say to this soldier, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

8:10  And Jesus hearing him, marvelled, and said to those who were following, Verily I say unto you, not even in Israel have I found so great faith.

8:11  And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and from the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

8:12  But the children of the kingdom shall be cast into the outer darkness: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

8:13  And Jesus said to the centurion, Go; and as thou hast believed, be it to thee. And his servant was cured at that very hour.

8:14  And when Jesus was come into the house of Peter, he saw his mother-in-law laid on a bed, and in a fever.

8:15  And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and waited upon them.

8:16  And when evening was come, they brought him many possessed by devils: and he cast out the spirits by a word, and all who had illnesses he cured:

8:17  that it might be fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet, “Himself he took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.”

8:18  Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave orders to pass to the other side.

8:19  And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

8:20  And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where he can lay his head.

8:21  And another of his disciples said unto him, Permit me first to go and bury my father.

8:22  And Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their own dead.

8:23  And going on board a vessel, his disciples followed him.

8:24  And, behold, there was a great tempest in the sea, so that the vessel was hid by the waves; but he was asleep.

8:25  And his disciples coming, awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we are perishing!

8:26  And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then arising, he issued his mandate to the winds, and to the sea; and there was a great calm.

8:27  And the men marvelled, saying, What a wondrous man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

8:28  And when he came to the other side, into the region of the Girgasenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming from the sepulchres; exceeding fierce, so that no person was able to pass by that road.

8:29  And lo! they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither before the time to torment us?

8:30  And at a considerable distance, there was a great herd of swine feeding.

8:31  Then the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, permit us to go into the herd of swine.

8:32  And he said to them, Go. Then they going forth out of him, entered into the herd of swine: and lo! the whole herd of the swine rushed down a precipice into the sea, and perished in the waters.

8:33  But they who fed them fled, and going away into the city, reported all things, and what had happened to the demoniacs.

8:34  And, behold, all the city came out to meet him: and when they saw him, they besought him to depart from their territories.