Matthew 8:1-13

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Jesus Cleanses a Leper

8 When he came down from the mountain, ^(A)great crowds followed him. ²^(B)And behold, a leper^[a] came to him and ^(C)knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” ³And Jesus^[b] stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴And Jesus said to him, ^(D)“See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, ^(E)show yourself to the priest and ^(F)offer the gift that Moses commanded, ^(G)for a proof to them.”

The Faith of a Centurion

⁵^(H)When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, ⁶“Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” ⁷And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” ⁸But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but ^(I)only say the word, and my servant will be healed. ⁹For 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,^[c] ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ¹⁰When Jesus heard this, ^(J)he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with ^(K)no one in Israel^[d] have I found such faith. ¹¹I tell you, ^(L)many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, ¹²^(M)while the sons of the kingdom ^(N)will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place ^(O)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” ¹³And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you ^(P)as you have believed.” ^(Q)And the servant was healed at that very moment.

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Footnotes

Matthew 8:2 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
Matthew 8:3 Greek he
Matthew 8:9 Or bondservant
Matthew 8:10 Some manuscripts not even in Israel

Psalm 18:25-50

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²⁵With ^(A)the merciful you show yourself merciful;
    with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
²⁶with the purified you show yourself pure;
    and with ^(B)the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
²⁷For you save ^(C)a humble people,
    but ^(D)the haughty eyes you bring down.
²⁸For it is you who light my ^(E)lamp;
    the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
²⁹For by you I can run against a troop,
    and by my God I can ^(F)leap over ^(G)a wall.
³⁰This God—his way is ^(H)perfect;^[a]
    the word of the Lord ^(I)proves true;
    he is ^(J)a shield for all those who ^(K)take refuge in him.

³¹For ^(L)who is God, but the Lord?
    And who is ^(M)a rock, except our God?—
³²the God who ^(N)equipped me with strength
    and made my way ^(O)blameless.
³³He made my feet like the feet of a ^(P)deer
    and set me secure on ^(Q)the heights.
³⁴He ^(R)trains my hands for war,
    so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
³⁵You have given me the shield of your salvation,
    and your right hand ^(S)supported me,
    and your ^(T)gentleness made me great.
³⁶You ^(U)gave a wide place for my steps under me,
    and my feet did not slip.
³⁷I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
    and did not turn back till they were consumed.
³⁸I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise;
    they fell under my feet.
³⁹For you equipped me with strength for the battle;
    you made those who rise against me sink under me.
⁴⁰You made my enemies ^(V)turn their backs to me,^[b]
    and those who hated me I destroyed.
⁴¹^(W)They cried for help, but there was none to save;
    they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
⁴²I beat them fine as ^(X)dust before the wind;
    I cast them out like ^(Y)the mire of the streets.

⁴³You delivered me from ^(Z)strife with the people;
    you made me ^(AA)the head of the nations;
    ^(AB)people whom I had not known served me.
⁴⁴As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me;
    ^(AC)foreigners ^(AD)came cringing to me.
⁴⁵^(AE)Foreigners lost heart
    and ^(AF)came trembling out of their fortresses.

⁴⁶The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
    and exalted be the God of my salvation—
⁴⁷the God who gave me vengeance
    and ^(AG)subdued peoples under me,
⁴⁸who rescued me from my enemies;
    yes, you ^(AH)exalted me above those who rose against me;
    you delivered me from ^(AI)the man of violence.

⁴⁹^(AJ)For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations,
    and ^(AK)sing to your name.
⁵⁰Great ^(AL)salvation he brings to his king,
    and shows steadfast love to his ^(AM)anointed,
    to ^(AN)David and his offspring forever.