Chapter 8
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 .