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14 When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever. 15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. So she got up and served him.[a] 16 When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.”Isaiah 53:4

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  1. 8:15 TR reads “them” instead of “him”

Jesus Heals Many People(A)

14 When Jesus went into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s[a] mother-in-law lying in bed, sick with a fever. 15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began serving him.

16 When evening came, people[b] brought to him many who were possessed by demons. He drove out the spirits by speaking a command[c] and healed everyone who was sick. 17 This was to fulfill what was declared by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

“It was he who took our illnesses away
    and removed our diseases.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 8:14 Lit. his
  2. Matthew 8:16 Lit. they
  3. Matthew 8:16 Lit. spirits with a word
  4. Matthew 8:17 Cf. Isa 53:4