Jesus Cleanses a Leper^(A)

8 When Jesus^[a] came down from the hillside, large crowds followed him. ² Suddenly, a leper^[b] came up to him, fell down before him, and said, “Sir,^[c] if you want to, you can make me clean.”^[d]

³ So Jesus^[e] reached out his hand, touched him, and said, “I do want to. Be clean!” And instantly his leprosy was made clean. ⁴ Then Jesus told him, “See to it that you don’t speak to anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest, and then offer the sacrifice that Moses commanded^[f] as proof to the authorities.”^[g]

Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant^(B)

⁵ When Jesus^[h] returned to Capernaum, a centurion^[i] came up to him and begged him repeatedly, ⁶ “Sir,^[j] my servant is lying at home paralyzed and in terrible pain.”

⁷ Jesus^[k] told him, “I will come and heal him.”

⁸ The centurion replied, “Sir,^[l] I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed, ⁹ because I, too, am a man under authority and I have soldiers under me. I say to one of them^[m] ‘Go’ and he goes, to another ‘Come’ and he comes, and to my servant ‘Do this’ and he does it.”

¹⁰ When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and told those who were following him, “I tell all of you^[n] with certainty, not even^[o] in Israel have I found this kind of faith! ¹¹ I tell all of you,^[p] many will come from east and west and will feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom from^[q] heaven. ¹² But the unfaithful heirs^[r] of that kingdom will be thrown into the darkness outside. In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”^[s]

¹³ “Go,” Jesus told the centurion, “and it will be done for you, just as you have believed.” And his servant was healed that very hour.

Jesus Heals Many People^(C)

¹⁴ When Jesus went into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s^[t] mother-in-law lying in bed, sick with a fever. ¹⁵ He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began serving him.

¹⁶ When evening came, people^[u] brought to him many who were possessed by demons. He drove out the spirits by speaking a command^[v] and healed everyone who was sick. ¹⁷ This was to fulfill what was declared by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

The Would-be Followers of Jesus^(D)

¹⁸ When Jesus saw the large crowds around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the Sea of Galilee.^{[x] 19} Just then, a scribe came up and told him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

²⁰ Jesus told him,

²¹ Then another of his disciples told him, “Lord,^[aa] first let me go and bury my father.”

²² But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

Jesus Calms the Sea^(E)

²³ When Jesus^[ab] got into the boat, his disciples went with him. ²⁴ Suddenly, a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat began to be swamped by the waves. Yet Jesus^[ac] kept sleeping. ²⁵ They^[ad] went to him and woke him up. “Lord!” they cried, “Save us! We’re going to die!”

²⁶ He asked them, “Why are you afraid, you who have little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

²⁷ The men were amazed. “What kind of man is this?” they asked. “Even the winds and the sea obey him!”

Jesus Heals Two Demon-Possessed Men^(F)

²⁸ When Jesus^[ae] arrived on the other side in the region of the Gerasenes,^[af] two demon-possessed men met him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could travel on that road. ²⁹ Suddenly, they screamed, “What do you want with us, Son of God? Did you come here to torture us before the proper time?”

³⁰ Now a large herd of pigs was grazing some distance away from them. ³¹ So the demons began to plead with Jesus,^[ag] saying, “If you drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”

³² He told them, “Go,” and they came out and went into the pigs. Suddenly, the whole herd rushed down a steep slope into the sea and drowned in the water.

³³ Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs ran away, they came into the city and reported everything, especially what had happened to the demon-possessed men. ³⁴ Then the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and as soon as they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.