洁净麻风病人

耶稣从山上下来,有一大群人跟随他。 这时候,忽然有一个麻风病人前来拜他,说:“主啊,如果你愿意,你就能洁净我。”

耶稣伸出手来摸他,说:“我愿意,你洁净了吧!”那人的麻风病立刻就被洁净了。 耶稣对他说:“你要注意,不可告诉任何人,只要去把自己给祭司看,并且献上摩西所吩咐的祭物,好对他们做见证。”

百夫长的信心

耶稣进了迦百农,有个百夫长前来恳求他, 说:“主啊,我的仆人瘫痪了,躺在家里,受剧烈的折磨。”

耶稣对他说:“我去使他痊愈。”

百夫长回答说:“主啊,我实在不配请你进我家。其实只要你说一句话,我的仆人就会痊愈的。 事实上,我也在人的权下,也有士兵在我之下。我对这个说‘去’,他就去;对那个说‘来’,他就来;对我的奴仆说‘做这事’,他就去做。”

10 耶稣听了,十分感慨,对跟随他的人说:“我确实地告诉你们:在以色列我没有见过有这么大信心[a]的人。 11 我告诉你们:将有许多人从东从西而来,在天国里与亚伯拉罕以撒雅各一同坐席。 12 但那些‘天国的儿女’,却将被丢在外面的黑暗里。在那里将有哀哭和切齿。” 13 于是耶稣对那百夫长说:“回去吧,照着你所信的,给你成全吧!”他的仆人就在那一刻痊愈了。

在迦百农治病

14 耶稣来到彼得家,看见彼得的岳母正发烧躺着。 15 耶稣一摸她的手,烧就退了。于是她就起来服事耶稣。 16 到了傍晚,人们把许多有鬼魔附身的人带到耶稣那里。耶稣话语一出就把那些邪灵都赶了出去,并且使所有患病的人痊愈了。 17 这样,那藉着先知以赛亚所说的话就应验了:

“他亲自代替了我们的软弱,
担当了我们的疾病。”[b]

跟随耶稣

18 耶稣看见一群人[c]围着他,就吩咐渡到对岸去。 19 有一个经文士前来对他说:“老师,无论你到哪里去,我都要跟从你。”

20 耶稣对他说:“狐狸有洞,天空的飞鸟有窝,人子却没有枕头的地方。”

21 耶稣的另一个门徒对他说:“主啊,请准许我先去埋葬我的父亲。”

22 但是耶稣对他说:“你跟从我,让死人去埋葬他们的死人吧。”

平静风浪

23 耶稣上了船,他的门徒们跟着他。 24 这时候,忽然湖[d]上起了大风暴,以致波浪盖过了船,耶稣却睡着了。 25 门徒们上前来叫醒他,说:“主啊,救救我们,我们没命了!”

26 耶稣对他们说:“为什么胆怯呢?你们这些小信的人哪!”耶稣就起来,斥责风和浪[e],湖面就变得一片平静。

27 他们都感到惊奇,说:“这个人究竟是什么人?连风和浪[f]也听从他!”

在格拉森驱赶鬼魔

28 耶稣来到对岸格达拉[g]人的地方,两个有鬼魔附身的人,从墓地迎着他出来。他们非常凶猛,以致没有人能从那条路经过。 29 忽然,他们喊叫说:“神的儿子[h]啊,我们与你有什么关系?时候来到之前,你就来这里折磨我们吗?”

30 当时,离他们很远的地方,有一大群猪正在吃食。 31 那些鬼魔就央求耶稣,说:“如果你要把我们赶出去,就叫我们进入这群猪里面去吧。”

32 耶稣对它们说:“去吧!”它们就出来,进入猪[i]里面去了。忽然,那整群猪[j]从山崖冲到湖里,在水里淹死[k]了。 33 那些放猪的人就逃跑,进城去传报了这一切事,包括鬼魔附身之人的事。 34 看哪,全城的人都出来看耶稣,见了耶稣以后,就央求他离开他们的地区。

Footnotes

  1. 马太福音 8:10 信心——指“对耶稣的信心”。
  2. 马太福音 8:17 《以赛亚书》53:4。
  3. 马太福音 8:18 一群人——有古抄本作“一大群人”。
  4. 马太福音 8:24 湖——原文直译“海”;指“加利利湖(海)”。
  5. 马太福音 8:26 浪——或译作“湖”;原文直译“海”。
  6. 马太福音 8:27 浪——或译作“湖”;原文直译“海”。
  7. 马太福音 8:28 格达拉——有古抄本作“格拉森”。
  8. 马太福音 8:29 有古抄本附“耶稣”。
  9. 马太福音 8:32 有古抄本附“群”。
  10. 马太福音 8:32 有古抄本没有“猪”。
  11. 马太福音 8:32 淹——辅助词语。

Jesús sana a un leproso(A)

Al descender Jesús del monte, lo seguía mucha gente. Un leproso se le acercó, se arrodilló ante él y le dijo: «Señor, si quieres, puedes limpiarme.» Jesús extendió la mano, lo tocó y le dijo: «Quiero. Ya has quedado limpio.» Y al instante su lepra desapareció. Entonces Jesús le dijo: «Ten cuidado de no decirle nada a nadie. Más bien, ve y preséntate ante el sacerdote, y ofrece por tu purificación lo que Moisés mandó,(B) para que les sirva de testimonio.»

Jesús sana al siervo de un centurión(C)

Al entrar Jesús en Cafarnaún, se le acercó un centurión, y le rogó: «Señor, mi criado yace en casa, paralítico y con muchos sufrimientos.» Jesús le dijo: «Iré a sanarlo.» El centurión le respondió: «Señor, yo no soy digno de que entres a mi casa. Pero una sola palabra tuya bastará para que mi criado sane. Porque yo también estoy bajo autoridad, y tengo soldados bajo mis órdenes. Si a uno le digo que vaya, va; y si a otro le digo que venga, viene; y si le digo a mi siervo: “Haz esto”, lo hace.» 10 Al oír esto Jesús, se quedó admirado y dijo a los que lo seguían: «De cierto les digo, que ni aun en Israel he hallado tanta fe. 11 Yo les digo que muchos vendrán del oriente y del occidente, y se sentarán con Abrahán, Isaac y Jacob en el reino de los cielos;(D) 12 pero los hijos del reino serán arrojados a las tinieblas de afuera. Allí habrá llanto y rechinar de dientes.»(E) 13 Luego dijo Jesús al centurión: «Ve, y que se haga contigo tal y como has creído.» Y en ese mismo momento el criado del centurión quedó sano.

Jesús sana a la suegra de Pedro(F)

14 Jesús fue a la casa de Pedro, y encontró a la suegra de éste postrada en cama y con fiebre. 15 Cuando Jesús le tocó la mano, la fiebre se le quitó. Entonces ella se levantó y los atendió. 16 Al caer la noche, le llevaron muchos endemoniados, y él, con su sola palabra, expulsó a los demonios y sanó a todos los enfermos. 17 Esto, para que se cumpliera lo dicho por el profeta Isaías: «Él mismo tomó nuestras enfermedades, y llevó nuestras dolencias.»(G)

Los que querían seguir a Jesús(H)

18 Al verse Jesús rodeado de tanta gente, dio órdenes de cruzar el lago. 19 Entonces se le acercó un escriba, y le dijo: «Maestro, yo te seguiré adondequiera que vayas.» 20 Jesús le dijo: «Las zorras tienen guaridas, y las aves del cielo tienen nidos, pero el Hijo del Hombre no tiene dónde recostar su cabeza.» 21 Otro de sus discípulos le dijo: «Señor, permíteme ir primero a enterrar a mi padre.» 22 Jesús le dijo: «Sígueme, y deja que los muertos entierren a sus muertos.»

Jesús calma la tempestad(I)

23 Luego subió a la barca, y sus discípulos lo siguieron. 24 En esto se levantó en el lago una tempestad tan grande que las olas cubrían la barca, pero él dormía. 25 Sus discípulos lo despertaron y le dijeron: «¡Señor, sálvanos, que estamos por naufragar!» 26 Él les dijo: «¿Por qué tienen miedo, hombres de poca fe?» Entonces se levantó, reprendió al viento y a las aguas, y sobrevino una calma impresionante. 27 Y esos hombres se quedaron asombrados, y decían: «¿Qué clase de hombre es éste, que hasta el viento y las aguas lo obedecen?»

Los endemoniados gadarenos(J)

28 Cuando llegó a la otra orilla, que era la tierra de los gadarenos, dos endemoniados salieron de entre los sepulcros y se le acercaron. Eran tan feroces que nadie se atrevía a pasar por aquel camino. 29 Y entre gritos le dijeron: «Hijo de Dios, ¿qué tienes que ver con nosotros? ¿Has venido a atormentarnos antes de tiempo?» 30 Lejos de ellos había un hato de muchos cerdos, que pacían. 31 Y los demonios le rogaron: «Si nos expulsas, permítenos ir a aquel hato de cerdos.» 32 Él les dijo: «Vayan.» Ellos salieron, y se fueron a los cerdos, y todo el hato se lanzó al lago por un despeñadero, y perecieron ahogados. 33 Los que cuidaban de los cerdos huyeron y fueron corriendo a la ciudad, y allí contaron todas estas cosas, incluso lo que había pasado con los endemoniados. 34 Y todos en la ciudad fueron a ver a Jesús y, cuando lo encontraron, le rogaron que se fuera de sus contornos.

A man with a skin disease

Now when Jesus had come down from the mountain, large crowds followed him. A man with a skin disease came, kneeled before him, and said, “Lord, if you want, you can make me clean.”

Jesus reached out his hand and touched him, saying, “I do want to. Become clean.” Instantly his skin disease was cleansed. Jesus said to him, “Don’t say anything to anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded. This will be a testimony to them.”

Healing of the centurion’s servant

When Jesus went to Capernaum, a centurion approached, pleading with him, “Lord, my servant is flat on his back at home, paralyzed, and his suffering is awful.”

Jesus responded, “I’ll come and heal him.”

But the centurion replied, “Lord, I don’t deserve to have you come under my roof. Just say the word and my servant will be healed. I’m a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and the servant does it.”

10 When Jesus heard this, he was impressed and said to the people following him, “I say to you with all seriousness that even in Israel I haven’t found faith like this. 11 I say to you that there are many who will come from east and west and sit down to eat with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the children of the kingdom will be thrown outside into the darkness. People there will be weeping and grinding their teeth.” 13 Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; it will be done for you just as you have believed.” And his servant was healed that very moment.

Healing of many people

14 Jesus went home with Peter and saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. 15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and served them. 16 That evening people brought to Jesus many who were demon-possessed. He threw the spirits out with just a word. He healed everyone who was sick. 17 This happened so that what Isaiah the prophet said would be fulfilled: He is the one who took our illnesses and carried away our diseases.[a]

Discussions about following

18 Now when Jesus saw the crowd, he ordered his disciples to go over to the other side of the lake. 19 A legal expert came and said to him, “Teacher, I’ll follow you wherever you go.”

20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Human One[b] has no place to lay his head.”

21 Another man, one of his disciples, said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

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

Calming a storm

23 When Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him. 24 A huge storm arose on the lake so that waves were sloshing over the boat. But Jesus was asleep. 25 They came and woke him, saying, “Lord, rescue us! We’re going to drown!”

26 He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you people of weak faith?” Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the lake, and there was a great calm.

27 The people were amazed and said, “What kind of person is this? Even the winds and the lake obey him!”

Jesus frees demon-possessed men

28 When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake in the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were demon-possessed came from among the tombs to meet him. They were so violent that nobody could travel on that road. 29 They cried out, “What are you going to do with us, Son of God? Have you come to torture us before the time of judgment?” 30 Far off in the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding. 31 The demons pleaded with him, “If you throw us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

32 Then he said to the demons, “Go away,” and they came out and went into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned. 33 Those who tended the pigs ran into the city and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men. 34 Then the whole city came out and met Jesus. When they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region.

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 8:17 Isa 53:4
  2. Matthew 8:20 Or Son of Man

Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy(A)

When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy[a](B) came and knelt before him(C) and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. 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)

When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed,(H) suffering terribly.”

Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”

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) 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:

“He took up our infirmities
    and bore our diseases.”[b](S)

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

  1. Matthew 8:2 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
  2. Matthew 8:17 Isaiah 53:4 (see Septuagint)
  3. Matthew 8:28 Some manuscripts Gergesenes; other manuscripts Gerasenes

When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

And 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.

And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

The 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.

For 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.

10 When 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.

11 And 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.

12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

13 And 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.

14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.

15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.

16 When 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:

17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

20 And 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.

21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

26 And 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.

27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

28 And 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.

29 And, 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?

30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

32 And 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.

33 And 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.

34 And, 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.