Matthew 8  Legacy Standard Bible

Jesus Cleanses a Leper

8 Now when ^[a]Jesus came down from the ^[b]mountain, ^[c]large crowds followed Him. ² And behold, ^(A)a leper came to Him and ^[d](B)was bowing down before Him, and said, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” ³ And Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately his ^(C)leprosy was cleansed. ⁴ And Jesus *said to him, “^(D)See that you tell no one; but ^(E)go, ^(F)show yourself to the priest and present the ^[e]offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

The Centurion’s Faith

⁵ And ^(G)when ^[f]Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, ⁶ and saying, “^[g]Lord, my ^[h]servant is ^[i]lying ^(H)paralyzed at home, fearfully tormented.” ⁷ And Jesus *said to him, “I will come and heal him.” ⁸ But the centurion said, “^[j]Lord, I am not good enough for You to come under my roof, but just ^[k]say the word, and my ^[l]servant will be healed. ⁹ For I also am a man under ^(I)authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this man, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.” ¹⁰ Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith ^[m]with anyone in Israel. ¹¹ And I say to you that many ^(J)will come from east and west, and ^[n]recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven; ¹² but ^(K)the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into ^(L)the outer darkness; in that place ^(M)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” ¹³ And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; ^[o]it shall be done for you ^(N)as you have believed.” And the ^[p]servant was healed that very ^[q]moment.

Peter’s Mother-in-Law and Many Others Healed

^14 (O)When Jesus came into Peter’s ^[r]home, He saw his mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever. ¹⁵ And He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and began ^[s]waiting on Him. ¹⁶ Now when evening came, they brought to Him many ^(P)who were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and ^(Q)healed all who were ill ¹⁷ in order to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “^(R)He Himself took our infirmities and ^[t]carried away our diseases.”

The Cost of Following Jesus

¹⁸ Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, ^(S)He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea. ^19 (T)Then a scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” ²⁰ And Jesus *said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the ^[u]air have ^[v]nests, but ^(U)the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” ²¹ And another of the disciples said to Him, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.” ²² But Jesus *said to him, “^(V)Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead.”

Jesus Calms a Storm

^23 (W)And when He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. ²⁴ And behold, there arose ^[w]a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was sleeping. ²⁵ And they came to Him and got Him up, saying, “^(X)Save us, Lord; we are perishing!” ²⁶ And He *said to them, “Why are you so cowardly, ^(Y)you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and ^[x]it became perfectly calm. ²⁷ And the men marveled, and said, “What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

Jesus Saves Men from Demons

^28 (Z)And when He came to the other side, into the region of the Gadarenes, two men who were ^(AA)demon-possessed met Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way. ²⁹ And behold, they cried out, saying, “^[y](AB)What do we have to do with You, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the ^[z]time?” ³⁰ Now there was a herd of many swine feeding at a distance from them. ³¹ And the demons began to plead with Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.” ³² And He said to them, “Go!” And coming out, they went into the swine; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the waters. ³³ Now the herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, ^[aa]including what had happened to the ^(AC)demoniacs. ³⁴ And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, ^(AD)they pleaded with Him to leave their region.