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Be made clean!” Immediately his leprosy<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27621c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> was cleansed. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Then Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, appealing to him </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible distress.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>And he said to him, “I will come and cure him.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant will be healed. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and the slave does it.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>When Jesus heard him, he was amazed and said to those who followed him, “Truly I tell you, in no one<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27628d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> in Israel have I found such faith. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>I tell you, many will come from east and west and will eat with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>while the heirs of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you according to your faith.” And the servant was healed in that hour.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Jesus Heals Many at Peter’s House</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>When Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve him. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>That evening they brought to him many who were possessed with demons; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and cured all who were sick. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah, “He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.”</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Would-Be Followers of Jesus</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>Now when Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>A scribe then approached and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Jesus Stills the Storm</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>A windstorm arose on the sea, so great that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>And they went and woke him up, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a dead calm. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>They were amazed, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?”</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Jesus Heals the Gadarene Demoniacs</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>When he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27646e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> two demoniacs coming out of the tombs met him. They were so fierce that no one could pass that way. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>Suddenly they shouted, “What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>Now a large herd of swine was feeding at some distance from them. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>The demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">32</span>And he said to them, “Go!” So they came out and entered the swine; and suddenly, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">33</span>The swineherds ran off, and on going into the town, they told the whole story about what had happened to the demoniacs. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">34</span>Then the whole town came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their neighborhood. </span> </p><A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 8:1">Matthew 8:1</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>he</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 8:2">Matthew 8:2</a> <span class='footnote-text'>The terms <i>leper</i> and <i>leprosy</i> can refer to several diseases</span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 8:3">Matthew 8:3</a> <span class='footnote-text'>The terms <i>leper</i> and <i>leprosy</i> can refer to several diseases</span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 8:10">Matthew 8:10</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>Truly I tell you, not even</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 8:28">Matthew 8:28</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>Gergesenes</i>; others, <i>Gerasenes</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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