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Matthew 8
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- 1WEBWhen he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.KJVWhen he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
- 2WEBBehold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”KJVAnd, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
- 3WEBJesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.KJVAnd Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
- 4WEBJesus said to him, “See that you tell nobody; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”KJVAnd 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.
- 5WEBWhen he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him for help,KJVAnd when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
- 6WEBsaying, “Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented.”KJVAnd saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
- 7WEBJesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”KJVAnd Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
- 8WEBThe centurion answered, “Lord, I’m not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.KJVThe 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.
- 9WEBFor I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and tell another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and tell my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”KJVFor 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.
- 10WEBWhen Jesus heard it, he marveled and said to those who followed, “Most certainly I tell you, I haven’t found so great a faith, not even in Israel.KJVWhen 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.
- 11WEBI tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,KJVAnd 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.
- 12WEBbut the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”KJVBut the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- 13WEBJesus said to the centurion, “Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed.” His servant was healed in that hour.KJVAnd 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.
- 14WEBWhen Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.KJVAnd when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.
- 15WEBHe touched her hand, and the fever left her. So she got up and served him.KJVAnd he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
- 16WEBWhen evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick,KJVWhen 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:
- 17WEBthat it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.”KJVThat it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
- 18WEBNow when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.KJVNow when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
- 19WEBA scribe came and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”KJVAnd a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
- 20WEBJesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”KJVAnd 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.
- 21WEBAnother of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”KJVAnd another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
- 22WEBBut Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”KJVBut Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
- 23WEBWhen he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.KJVAnd when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
- 24WEBBehold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves; but he was asleep.KJVAnd, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
- 25WEBThe disciples came to him and woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord! We are dying!”KJVAnd his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
- 26WEBHe said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.KJVAnd 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.
- 27WEBThe men marveled, saying, “What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”KJVBut the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
- 28WEBWhen he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.KJVAnd 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.
- 29WEBBehold, they cried out, saying, “What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”KJVAnd, 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?
- 30WEBNow there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.KJVAnd there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
- 31WEBThe demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”KJVSo the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
- 32WEBHe said to them, “Go!” They came out and went into the herd of pigs; and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea and died in the water.KJVAnd 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.
- 33WEBThose who fed them fled and went away into the city and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.KJVAnd 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.
- 34WEBBehold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.KJVAnd, 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.
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