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Matthew 8
The Voice
Matthew 8
The Voice
This teaching is different. Usually rabbis cite generations of rabbis before them when making claims about the meaning of Hebrew Scriptures. Jesus honors the law, but He is clear—the law must be read in a new way.
8 Large crowds followed Jesus when He came down from the mountain. 2 And as Jesus was going along, a leper approached Him and knelt down before Him.
Leper: Lord, if You wish to, please heal me and make me clean!
Jesus (stretching out His hand): 3 Of course I wish to. Be clean.
Immediately the man was healed.
Jesus: 4 Don’t tell anyone what just happened. Rather, go to the priest, show yourself to him, and give a wave offering as Moses commanded. Your actions will tell the story of what happened here today.
5 Eventually Jesus came to the little town of Capernaum. In Capernaum a military officer came to Him and asked Him for help.
Officer: 6 Lord, I have a servant who is lying at home in agony, paralyzed.
Jesus: 7 I will come to your house, and I will heal him.
Officer: 8 Lord, I don’t deserve to have You in my house. And, in truth, I know You don’t need to be with my servant to heal him. Just say the word, and he will be healed. 9 That, after all, is how authority works. My troops obey me whether I am next to them or not—similarly, this sickness will obey You.
10 Jesus was stunned by the depth of the officer’s faith.
Jesus (to His followers): This is the plain truth: I have not met a single person in Israel with as much faith as this officer. 11 It will not be just the children of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob who celebrate at their heavenly banquet at the end of time. No, people will come from the East and the West—and those who recognize Me, regardless of their lineage, will sit with Me at that feast. 12 But those who have feigned their faith will be cast out into outer darkness where people weep and grind their teeth.
13 Then Jesus turned to the Centurion.[a]
Jesus: You may go home. For it is as you say it is; it is as you believe.
And the officer’s servant was healed, right then.
What happens next seems to embody the officer’s wise opinion about authority: over and over Jesus shows just what His authority means.
14 Jesus went to Peter’s house, and there He saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed, sick and burning up with a fever. 15 Jesus touched her hand, and then she was healed—the fever vanished. She got up from bed and began to wait on Him.
16 Toward nighttime many people who were possessed by demons were brought to Jesus, and He said one word of command and drove the demons out, healing everyone who was sick. 17 These miraculous healings fulfilled what the prophet Isaiah had predicted:
He took our infirmities upon Himself,
and He bore our diseases.[b]
18 Jesus saw that a crowd had gathered around Him, and He gave orders to go to the other side of the sea. 19 A scribe came up to Him.
Scribe: Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.
Jesus: 20 Foxes have dens in which to sleep, and the birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.
Disciple: 21 Jesus, before I do the things You’ve asked me to do, I must first bury my father.
Jesus: 22 Follow Me! And let the dead bury their own dead.
Does Jesus say, “Fair enough, you must of course bury your father. Just catch up with Me when you are done”? No. This is one of the strange and radical things Jesus brings about—our families are no longer our families. Our deepest bonds are not those of blood. Our family now is found in the bonds of fellowship made possible by this Jesus.
23 And then Jesus got into a boat, and His disciples followed Him. 24 Out of nowhere, a vicious storm blew over the sea. Waves were lapping up over the boat, threatening to overtake it! Yet Jesus was asleep. 25 Frightened (not to mention confused—how could anyone sleep through this?), the disciples woke Him up.
Disciples: Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!
Jesus: 26 Please! What are you so afraid of, you of little faith?
Jesus got up, told the wind and the waves to calm down, and they did. The sea became still and calm once again. 27 The disciples were astonished.
Disciples: Who is this? What sort of man is He, that the sea and the winds listen to Him?
28 Eventually Jesus came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gadarenes. There, two men who lived near the tombs and were possessed by demons came out to the seaside and met Jesus. They were flailing about, so violent that they obstructed the path of anyone who came their way.
Demons (screaming at Jesus): 29 Why are You here? Have You come to torture us even before the judgment day, O Son of God?
30 A ways off, though still visible, was a large herd of pigs, eating.
Demons: 31 If You cast us out of the bodies of these two men, do send us into that herd of pigs!
Jesus: 32 Very well then, go!
And the demons flew out of the bodies of the two flailing men, they set upon the pigs, and every last pig rushed over a steep bank into the sea and drowned. 33 The pig herders (totally undone, as you can imagine) took off; they headed straight for town, where they told everyone what they’d just seen—even about the demon-possessed men. 34 And so the whole town came out to see Jesus for themselves. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their area.
Footnotes
- 8:13 A Roman military officer in charge of about 100 foot soldiers
- 8:17 Isaiah 53:4
馬 太 福 音 8
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
馬 太 福 音 8
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
耶稣治愈麻风病人
8 耶稣下山时，身后跟着一大群人。 2 一个麻风病人来见耶稣，跪在他面前说∶“先生，如果您愿意，您就能治好我的麻疯病！” 3 耶稣伸出手摸着他说∶“我愿意，痊愈吧！”立刻，麻疯病人就痊愈了。 4 耶稣对他说∶“不要把这事告诉任何人，但是，你要到祭司那里去让他查看，还要献上礼物，即摩西命令被治愈人所献的礼物，向每个人表明你已痊愈了。” [a]
耶稣治愈军官的仆人
5 耶稣到迦百农去了，当他进城时，一个罗马军官来见他，请求他的帮助。 6 罗马军官说∶“主啊，我的仆人病重卧床不起。他瘫痪了，非常痛苦。” 7 耶稣对他说∶“我这就去给他治病。”
8 罗马军官说∶“主啊，我不配请您进我家。您只要吩咐一声，我的仆人就会得到治愈的。 9 我知道您做得到，因为我上有长官，下有士兵。如果我叫一个士兵∶‘走开！’他就乖乖地走开；如果我命令另一个∶‘过来！’他就会乖乖地过来。要是我对仆人说∶‘你去干这个’，他就得去干。”
10 耶稣听到这些话，非常惊讶，对他身边的人说∶“说实话，甚至在以色列 [b]，我还没有见到过比他更有信仰的人。 11 我告诉你们，还有很多这样的人会从东方和西方到这里来，他们会在天国的宴席上，与亚伯拉罕，以撒和雅各 [c]一起进餐。 12 而那些本来是天国的继承人，却反而要被驱逐到外边的黑暗里去，他们将在那里咬牙切齿地痛哭。”
13 耶稣对罗马军官说∶“你回家吧，你将如愿以偿。”与此同时，军官的仆人立刻被治愈了。
耶稣治愈许多病人
14 当耶稣来到彼得家里时，看到彼得的岳母发高烧，躺在床上。 15 耶稣一碰她的手，烧就退了，于是她便起来开始招待耶稣。
16 那天晚上，人们带着许多被鬼附体的人来见耶稣，耶稣只用一句话就赶走了所有的鬼。他还治好了所有的病人。 17 这就应验了先知以赛亚的预言：
“他解除了我们的疾病，
他承担了我们的病患。” (A)
跟随耶稣
18 耶稣看见身边围着许多人，就吩咐他们到湖对岸去。 19 一位律法师走过来，对耶稣说∶“老师，无论您走到哪里，我都跟随着您。” 20 耶稣对他说∶“狐狸有穴，飞鸟有巢，可 是人子连枕头的地方都没有。” [d] 21 有一个门徒对耶稣说∶“主，我会跟随你， 但是，请先让我回去埋葬我的父亲。” 22 但是，耶稣对他说∶“跟我走，让死人去埋葬他们自己的死人吧。”
门徒目睹耶稣的力量
23 耶稣登上一条船，门徒们与他同行。 24 船离开岸后，湖面上狂风大作，波浪淹没了甲板。这时耶稣却在睡觉 25 门徒们过去把他叫醒， 说∶“主，救救我们吧！我们就要被淹死了。”
26 耶稣对他们说∶“你们为什么害怕呢？你们的信仰不够强。”于是，耶稣站起身来喝斥狂风和湖水，风便停了，湖面也变得非常平静。
27 人们惊叹不已，说∶“他是什么人？连风和水浪都服从他。”
耶稣从两人身上驱鬼
28 耶稣到达湖对岸加大拉 [e]人居住的地区。他遇见两个从墓穴里出来的人，他们被鬼附体，非常凶恶，没人能从他们坟边的那条路上经过。 29 他们对耶稣喊叫∶“您要怎样处置我们呢，上帝之子？在约定的时刻到来之前，你就要惩罚我们吗？”
30 这时，远处有一大群猪在吃食。 31 鬼乞求耶稣说∶“如果你要把我们从这两个人身上赶走，就把我们派到猪群里去吧。”
32 耶稣对他们说∶“你们去吧。”鬼就离开那两个人，钻到猪身上去了。于是，整个猪群狂奔下山崖，掉进湖里淹死了。 33 放猪的人跑到了城里，把所发生的事情一五一十地告诉给人们，特别是关于被鬼附体的那些人遇到的事情。 34 人们倾城而出来见耶稣。他们见到耶稣后，就央求他离开此地。
Footnotes
- 馬 太 福 音 8:4 摩西律法说患麻风病的犹太人痊愈后，要由祭司宣布。
- 馬 太 福 音 8:10 以色列： 犹太人民族。
- 馬 太 福 音 8:11 亚伯拉罕、以撒和雅各： 他们是旧约时期的犹太人的重要领袖。
- 馬 太 福 音 8:20 《但以理书》说7:13-14这是弥赛亚的名字，上帝选择来拯救他的子民的那位。人子：即耶稣。
- 馬 太 福 音 8:28 加大拉： 加大拉位于加利利的东南部地区。
Matthew 8
New International Version
Matthew 8
New International Version
Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy(A)
8 When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. 2 A man with leprosy[a](B) came and knelt before him(C) and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
3 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. 4 Then Jesus said to him, “See that you don’t tell anyone.(D) But go, show yourself to the priest(E) and offer the gift Moses commanded,(F) as a testimony to them.”
The Faith of the Centurion(G)
5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6 “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed,(H) suffering terribly.”
7 Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”
8 The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.(I) 9 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.(J) 11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west,(K) and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.(L) 12 But the subjects of the kingdom(M) will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”(N)
13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.”(O) And his servant was healed at that moment.
Jesus Heals Many(P)
14 When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. 15 He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him.
16 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.(Q) 17 This was to fulfill(R) what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
The Cost of Following Jesus(T)
18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.(U) 19 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man(V) has no place to lay his head.”
21 Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me,(W) and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Jesus Calms the Storm(X)(Y)
23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
26 He replied, “You of little faith,(Z) why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.(AA)
27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
Jesus Restores Two Demon-Possessed Men(AB)
28 When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes,[c] two demon-possessed(AC) men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. 29 “What do you want with us,(AD) Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?”(AE)
30 Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding. 31 The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
32 He said to them, “Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water. 33 Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. 34 Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region.(AF)
Footnotes
- Matthew 8:2 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
- Matthew 8:17 Isaiah 53:4 (see Septuagint)
- Matthew 8:28 Some manuscripts Gergesenes; other manuscripts Gerasenes
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