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1 When
he came down
from the mountain,
great multitudes followed
him.
2 Behold,
a leper came
to him and
worshiped him,
saying, “Lord, if
you want to,
you can make
me clean.”
3 Jesus
stretched out his
hand and touched
him, saying,
“I want to.
Be made
clean.”
Immediately his
leprosy was
cleansed.
4 Jesus
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.”
5 When
he came into
Capernaum, a
centurion came to
him, asking him
for help,
6 saying, “Lord, my servant lies
in the house
paralyzed, grievously tormented.”
7 Jesus
said to him,
“I will come
and heal
him.”
8 The
centurion answered, “Lord, I’m not worthy
for you to
come under my
roof. Just say
the word, and
my servant will
be healed.
9 For
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.”
10 When
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.
11 I 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,
12 but the
children of
the Kingdom will
be thrown out
into the outer
darkness. There
will be weeping
and gnashing of
teeth.”
13 Jesus
said to the
centurion,
“Go your way.
Let it be
done for you
as you have
believed.”
His servant was
healed in that
hour.
14 When
Jesus came into
Peter’s house, he
saw his wife’s mother lying sick
with a fever.
15 He touched
her hand, and
the fever left her.
So she got
up and served
him.
16 When
evening came, they
brought to him
many possessed
with demons. He
cast out the
spirits with a
word, and healed
all who were
sick,
17 that
it might be
fulfilled which
was spoken through
Isaiah the prophet,
saying, “He took
our infirmities
and bore our
diseases.”
18 Now
when Jesus saw
great multitudes
around him, he
gave the order
to depart to the
other side.
19 A
scribe came and
said to him, “Teacher, I will follow
you wherever you
go.”
20 Jesus
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.”
21 Another
of his disciples
said to him, “Lord, allow me first
to go and
bury my father.”
22 But
Jesus said to
him,
“Follow me,
and leave the
dead to bury
their own
dead.”
23 When
he got into
a boat, his
disciples followed him.
24 Behold,
a violent storm
came up on
the sea, so
much that the
boat was covered
with the waves;
but he was
asleep.
25 The disciples came
to him and
woke him up,
saying, “Save us,
Lord! We
are dying!”
26 He
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.
27 The
men marveled,
saying, “What kind
of man is
this, that even
the wind and the
sea obey him?”
28 When
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.
29 Behold,
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?”
30 Now
there was a herd
of many pigs
feeding far away
from them.
31 The
demons begged him,
saying, “If you
cast us out, permit
us to go
away into the herd
of pigs.”
32 He
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.
33 Those
who fed them
fled and went
away into the
city and told
everything, including
what happened to
those who
were possessed with demons.
34 Behold,
all the city
came out to
meet Jesus. When
they saw him,
they begged that
he would depart
from their borders.