The Flood Subsides

8 But ^(A)God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and ^(B)God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided. ² Also ^(C)the fountains of the deep and the ^[a]floodgates of the sky were closed, and ^(D)the rain from the sky was restrained; ³ and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end ^(E)of one hundred and fifty days the water decreased. ⁴ In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, ^(F)the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat. ⁵ The water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

⁶ Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the ^(G)window of the ark which he had made; ⁷ and he sent out a raven, and it ^[b]flew here and there until the water was dried up ^[c]from the earth. ⁸ Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land; ⁹ but the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to him into the ark, for the water was on the ^[d]surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the ark to himself. ¹⁰ So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark. ¹¹ The dove came to him toward ^[e]evening, and behold, in her ^[f]beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth. ¹² Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out ^(H)the dove; but she did not return to him again.

¹³ Now it came about in the ^(I)six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the water was dried up ^[g]from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the ^[h]surface of the ground was dried up. ¹⁴ In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry. ¹⁵ Then God spoke to Noah, saying, ¹⁶ “Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. ¹⁷ Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may ^[i](J)breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” ¹⁸ So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him. ¹⁹ Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out ^[j]by their families from the ark.

²⁰ Then Noah built ^(K)an altar to the Lord, and took of every ^(L)clean animal and of every clean bird and offered ^(M)burnt offerings on the altar. ²¹ The Lord ^(N)smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lord said ^[k]to Himself, “I will never again ^(O)curse the ground on account of man, for ^(P)the ^[l]intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; ^(Q)and I will never again ^[m]destroy every living thing, as I have done.

Jesus Cleanses a Leper; The Centurion’s Faith

8 When ^[a]Jesus came down from the mountain, ^[b]large crowds followed Him. ² And ^(A)a leper came to Him and ^[c](B)bowed down before Him, and said, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” ³ Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately his ^(C)leprosy was cleansed. ⁴ And Jesus *said to him, “^(D)See that you tell no one; but ^(E)go, ^(F)show yourself to the priest and present the ^[d]offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

⁵ And ^(G)when ^[e]Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, imploring Him, ⁶ and saying, “^[f]Lord, my ^[g]servant is ^[h]lying ^(H)paralyzed at home, fearfully tormented.” ⁷ Jesus *said to him, “I will come and heal him.” ⁸ But the centurion said, “^[i]Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just ^[j]say the word, and my ^[k]servant will be healed. ⁹ For I also am a man under ^(I)authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.” ¹⁰ Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith ^[l]with anyone in Israel. ¹¹ I say to you that many ^(J)will come from east and west, and ^[m]recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven; ¹² but ^(K)the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into ^(L)the outer darkness; in that place ^(M)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” ¹³ And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; ^[n]it shall be done for you ^(N)as you have believed.” And the ^[o]servant was healed that very ^[p]moment.

Peter’s Mother-in-law and Many Others Healed

^14 (O)When Jesus came into Peter’s ^[q]home, He saw his mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever. ¹⁵ He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and ^[r]waited on Him. ¹⁶ When evening came, they brought to Him many ^(P)who were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and ^(Q)healed all who were ill. ¹⁷ This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: “^(R)He Himself took our infirmities and ^[s]carried away our diseases.”

Discipleship Tested

¹⁸ Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, ^(S)He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea. ^19 (T)Then 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 ^[t]air have ^[u]nests, but ^(U)the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” ²¹ Another of the disciples said to Him, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.” ²² But Jesus *said to him, “^(V)Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead.”

^23 (W)When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. ²⁴ And behold, there arose ^[v]a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep. ²⁵ And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, “^(X)Save us, Lord; we are perishing!” ²⁶ He *said to them, “Why are you ^[w]afraid, ^(Y)you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and ^[x]it became perfectly calm. ²⁷ The men were amazed, and said, “What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

Jesus Casts Out Demons

^28 (Z)When He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were ^(AA)demon-possessed met Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way. ²⁹ And they cried out, saying, “^[y](AB)What business do we have with each other, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before ^[z]the time?” ³⁰ Now there was a herd of many swine feeding at a distance from them. ³¹ The demons began to entreat Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.” ³² And He said to them, “Go!” And they came out and went into the swine, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the waters. ³³ The herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, ^[aa]including what had happened to the ^(AC)demoniacs. ³⁴ And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, ^(AD)they implored Him to leave their region.