Matthew, 8

1. When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

1. When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.

2. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

2. Then a leper came forward. He knelt before him and said, "Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean."

3. And Jesus put forth [his] hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

3. Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, "I want to, be clean again." At that very moment the man was cleansed from his leprosy.

4. And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

4. Then Jesus said to him, "See that you do not tell anyone, but go to the priest, have yourself declared clean, and offer the gift that Moses ordered as proof of it."

5. And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

5. When Jesus entered Capernaum, an army captain approached him to ask his help,

6. And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

6. "Sir, my servant lies sick at home. He is paralyzed and suffers terribly."

7. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

7. Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."

8. The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

8. The captain answered, "I am not worthy to have you under my roof. Just give an order and my boy will be healed.

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

9. For I myself, a junior officer, give orders to my soldiers. And if I say to one: 'Go,' he goes, and if I say to another: 'Come,' he comes, and to my servant: 'Do this,' he does it."

10. When Jesus heard [it], he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

10. When Jesus heard this he was astonished and said to those who were following him, "I tell you, I have not found such faith in Israel.

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

11. I say to you, many will come from east and west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob at the feast in the kingdom of heaven;

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

12. but the heirs of the kingdom will be thrown out into the darkness; there they will wail and grind their teeth."

13. And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, [so] be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

13. Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go home now. As you believed, so let it be." And at that moment his servant was healed.

14. And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.

14. Jesus went to Peter's house and found Peter's mother-in-law in bed with fever.

15. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.

15. He took her by the hand and the fever left her; she got up and began to wait on him.

16. When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with [his] word, and healed all that were sick:

16. Towards evening they brought to Jesus many possessed by evil spirits, and with a word he drove out the spirits. He also healed all who were sick.

17. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare [our] sicknesses.

17. In doing this he fulfilled what was said by the prophet Isaiah: He bore our infirmities and took on himself our diseases.

18. Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

18. When he saw the crowd press around him, Jesus gave orders to cross to the other shore.

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

19. A teacher of the Law approached him and said, "Master, I will follow you wherever you go."

20. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay [his] head.

20. Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."

21. And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

21. Another disciple said to him, "Lord, let me go and bury my father first."

22. But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

22. But Jesus answered him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."

23. And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

23. Jesus got into the boat and his disciples followed him.

24. And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

24. Without warning a fierce storm hit the lake, with waves sweeping the boat. But Jesus was asleep.

25. And his disciples came to [him], and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

25. They woke him and cried, "Lord save us! We are lost!"

26. And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

26. But Jesus answered, "Why are you so afraid, you of little faith?" Then he stood up and ordered the wind and sea; and it became completely calm.

27. But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

27. The people were astonished. They said, "What kind of man is he? Even the winds and the sea obey him."

28. And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

28. When Jesus reached Gadara on the other side, he was met by two demoniacs who came out from the tombs. They were so fierce that no one dared to pass that way.

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

29. Suddenly they shouted, "What do you want with us, you, Son of God? Have you come to torture us before the time?"

30. And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

30. At some distance away there was a large herd of pigs feeding.

31. So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

31. So the demons begged him, "If you drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs."

32. And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

32. Jesus ordered them, "Go." So they left and went into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned.

33. And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.

33. The men in charge of them ran off to the town, where they told the whole story, also what had happened to the men possessed with the demons.

34. And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought [him] that he would depart out of their coasts.

34. Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their area.