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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Matthew 8 New American Bible</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="/bmcc/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/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</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">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch47008" class="chapter"> <h1 class="bksect">III. <span class="ac">Ministry and Mission in Galilee</span><a id="rfn47008001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008001-1">*</a></h1> <h1 id="cn47008" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">The Cleansing of a Leper.</span> <span id="v47008001" class="ver">1</span><a id="ren47008001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47008001-a">a</a> When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. <span id="v47008002" class="ver">2</span>And then a leper<a id="rfn47008002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008002-1">*</a> approached, did him homage, and said, “Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.” <span id="v47008003" class="ver">3</span>He stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, “I will do it. Be made clean.” His leprosy was cleansed immediately. <span id="v47008004" class="ver">4</span><a id="rfn47008004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008004-1">*</a> Then Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses prescribed;<a id="ren47008004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47008004-b">b</a> that will be proof for them.”</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Healing of a Centurion’s Servant.<a id="rfn47008005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008005-1">*</a></span> <span id="v47008005" class="ver">5</span><a id="ren47008005-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47008005-c">c</a> When he entered Capernaum,<a id="rfn47008005-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008005-2">*</a> a centurion approached him and appealed to him, <span id="v47008006" class="ver">6</span>saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, suffering dreadfully.” <span id="v47008007" class="ver">7</span>He said to him, “I will come and cure him.” <span id="v47008008" class="ver">8</span>The centurion said in reply,<a id="rfn47008008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008008-1">*</a> “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed. <span id="v47008009" class="ver">9</span>For I too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come here,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” <span id="v47008010" class="ver">10</span>When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel<a id="rfn47008010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008010-1">*</a> have I found such faith. <span id="v47008011" class="ver">11</span><a id="ren47008011-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47008011-d">d</a> I say to you,<a id="rfn47008011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008011-1">*</a> many will come from the east and the west, and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the banquet in the kingdom of heaven, <span id="v47008012" class="ver">12</span>but the children of the kingdom will be driven out into the outer darkness, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.” <span id="v47008013" class="ver">13</span>And Jesus said to the centurion, “You may go; as you have believed, let it be done for you.” And at that very hour [his] servant was healed.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Cure of Peter’s Mother-in-Law.<a id="rfn47008014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008014-1">*</a></span> <span id="v47008014" class="ver">14</span><a id="ren47008014-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47008014-e">e</a> Jesus entered the house of Peter, and saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. <span id="v47008015" class="ver">15</span>He touched her hand, the fever left her, and she rose and waited on him.<a id="ren47008015-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47008015-f">f</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Other Healings.</span> <span id="v47008016" class="ver">16</span>When it was evening, they brought him many who were possessed by demons, and he drove out the spirits by a word<a id="rfn47008016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008016-1">*</a> and cured all the sick, <span id="v47008017" class="ver">17</span>to fulfill what had been said by Isaiah the prophet:<a id="rfn47008017-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008017-1">*</a> <a id="ren47008017-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47008017-g">g</a></p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">“He took away our infirmities</p> <p class="sl1">and bore our diseases.”</p> </div> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Would-be Followers of Jesus.<a id="rfn47008018-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008018-1">*</a></span> <span id="v47008018" class="ver">18</span><a id="ren47008018-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47008018-h">h</a> When Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side.<a id="rfn47008018-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008018-2">*</a> <span id="v47008019" class="ver">19</span><a id="ren47008019-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47008019-i">i</a> A scribe approached and said to him, “Teacher,<a id="rfn47008019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008019-1">*</a> I will follow you wherever you go.” <span id="v47008020" class="ver">20</span>Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man<a id="rfn47008020-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008020-1">*</a> has nowhere to rest his head.” <span id="v47008021" class="ver">21</span>Another of [his] disciples said to him, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.” <span id="v47008022" class="ver">22</span><a id="rfn47008022-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008022-1">*</a> But Jesus answered him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.”</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Calming of the Storm at Sea.</span> <span id="v47008023" class="ver">23</span><a id="rfn47008023-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008023-1">*</a> <a id="ren47008023-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47008023-j">j</a> He got into a boat and his disciples followed him. <span id="v47008024" class="ver">24</span>Suddenly a violent storm<a id="rfn47008024-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008024-1">*</a> came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but he was asleep. <span id="v47008025" class="ver">25</span><a id="ren47008025-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47008025-k">k</a> They came and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us!<a id="rfn47008025-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008025-1">*</a> We are perishing!” <span id="v47008026" class="ver">26</span>He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?”<a id="rfn47008026-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008026-1">*</a> Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm. <span id="v47008027" class="ver">27</span>The men were amazed and said, “What sort of man is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey?”</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Healing of the Gadarene Demoniacs.</span> <span id="v47008028" class="ver">28</span><a id="ren47008028-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47008028-l">l</a> When he came to the other side, to the territory of the Gadarenes,<a id="rfn47008028-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008028-1">*</a> two demoniacs who were coming from the tombs met him. They were so savage that no one could travel by that road. <span id="v47008029" class="ver">29</span>They cried out, “What have you to do with us,<a id="rfn47008029-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008029-1">*</a> Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?” <span id="v47008030" class="ver">30</span>Some distance away a herd of many swine was feeding.<a id="rfn47008030-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47008030-1">*</a> <span id="v47008031" class="ver">31</span>The demons pleaded with him, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of swine.”<a id="ren47008031-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47008031-m">m</a> <span id="v47008032" class="ver">32</span>And he said to them, “Go then!” They came out and entered the swine, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea where they drowned. <span id="v47008033" class="ver">33</span>The swineherds ran away, and when they came to the town they reported everything, including what had happened to the demoniacs. <span id="v47008034" class="ver">34</span>Thereupon the whole town came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him they begged him to leave their district.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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