And Jesus[a] stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, (A)“See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, (B)show yourself to the priest and (C)offer the gift that Moses commanded, (D)for a proof to them.”

The Faith of a Centurion

(E)When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but (F)only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant,[b] ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 10 When Jesus heard this, (G)he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with (H)no one in Israel[c] have I found such faith.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 8:3 Greek he
  2. Matthew 8:9 Or bondservant
  3. Matthew 8:10 Some manuscripts not even in Israel

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