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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Matthew 8 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Matthew 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/7.htm" title="Matthew 7">◄</a> Matthew 8 <a href="../matthew/9.htm" title="Matthew 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/matthew/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Jesus Cleanses a Leper</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And behold, a leper<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13">a</a></sup></span> came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Jesus<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek he">b</a></sup></span> stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, <span class="woc">“I will; be clean.”</span> And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And Jesus said to him, <span class="woc">“See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Faith of a Centurion</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And he said to him, <span class="woc">“I will come and heal him.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For I too 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 servant,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or bondservant">c</a></sup></span> ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, <span class="woc">“Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts not even in Israel">d</a></sup></span> have I found such faith.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="woc">I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="woc">while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And to the centurion Jesus said, <span class="woc">“Go; let it be done for you as you have believed.”</span> And the servant was healed at that very moment.</p> <p class="heading">Jesus Heals Many</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”</p> <p class="heading">The Cost of Following Jesus</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Jesus said to him, <span class="woc">“Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Jesus said to him, <span class="woc">“Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Jesus Calms a Storm</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And he said to them, <span class="woc">“Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?”</span> Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”</p> <p class="heading">Jesus Heals Two Men with Demons</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts Gergesenes; some Gerasenes">e</a></sup></span> two demon-possessed<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek daimonizomai (demonized); also verse 33; elsewhere rendered oppressed by demons">f</a></sup></span> men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Now a herd of many pigs was feeding at some distance from them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And he said to them, <span class="woc">“Go.”</span> So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, especially what had happened to the demon-possessed men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> <i>Leprosy</i> was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Greek <i>he</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>bondservant</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Some manuscripts <i>not even in Israel</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">28</span> Some manuscripts <i>Gergesenes</i>; some <i>Gerasenes</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">28</span> Greek <i language="Greek">daimonizomai</i> (demonized); also verse 33; elsewhere rendered <i>oppressed by demons</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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