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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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/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="/bmc//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="/matthew/">Matthew</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/matthew/8.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/matthew/8.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/matthew/8.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/matthew/8.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/matthew/8.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/matthew/8.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/matthew/8.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Leper’s Prayer<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../leviticus/14.htm">Leviticus 14:1–32</a>; <a href ="../mark/1.htm#40">Mark 1:40–45</a>; <a href ="../luke/5.htm#12">Luke 5:12–16</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Suddenly a leper<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. <span class="red">“I am willing,”</span> He said. <span class="red">“Be clean!”</span> And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then Jesus instructed him, <span class="red">“See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> </span> <A name="6"></a><p class="hdg">The Faith of the Centurion<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/7.htm">Luke 7:1–10</a>; <a href ="../john/4.htm#43">John 4:43–54</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him, <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Lord, my servant<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.” <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“I will go and heal him,”</span> Jesus replied. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes; and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.” <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, <span class="red">“Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”</span> <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Jesus said to the centurion, <span class="red">“Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.”</span> And his servant was healed at that very hour. <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Heals at Peter’s House<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/1.htm#29">Mark 1:29–34</a>; <a href ="../luke/4.htm#38">Luke 4:38–41</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve them. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: <p class="indent1stline">“He took on our infirmities <p class="indent2"> and carried our diseases.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">The Cost of Discipleship<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/9.htm#57">Luke 9:57–62</a>; <a href ="../luke/14.htm#25">Luke 14:25–33</a>; <a href ="../john/6.htm#59">John 6:59–66</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Jesus replied, <span class="red">“Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”</span> <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But Jesus told him, <span class="red">“Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”</span> <A name="24"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Calms the Storm<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../psalms/107.htm">Psalm 107:1–43</a>; <a href ="../mark/4.htm#35">Mark 4:35–41</a>; <a href ="../luke/8.htm#22">Luke 8:22–25</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” <A name="27"></a><p class="reg"><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“You of little faith,”</span> Jesus replied, <span class="red">“why are you so afraid?”</span> Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm. <A name="28"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!” <A name="29"></a><p class="hdg">The Demons and the Pigs<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/5.htm">Mark 5:1–20</a>; <a href ="../luke/8.htm#26">Luke 8:26–39</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. <A name="30"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?” <A name="31"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding. <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” <A name="33"></a><p class="reg"><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“Go!”</span> He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters. <A name="34"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Those tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> A <i>leper</i><span class="thin"> </span> was one afflicted with a skin disease. See <a href="../leviticus/13.htm">Leviticus 13</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> See <a href="../leviticus/14.htm">Leviticus 14:1–32</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>child</i><span class="thin"> </span>; also in verse 13<br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <a href="../isaiah/53.htm#4">Isaiah 53:4</a><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> That is, the Sea of Galilee; Greek <i>to the other side</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">28</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> BYZ, TR, and GOC <i>Gergesenes</i><span class="thin"> </span>; other manuscripts <i>Gerasenes</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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