New Testament in a Year

A Leper Cleansed

8 And when^[a] he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him. ² And behold, a leper approached and^[b] worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you are able to make me clean.” ³ And extending his hand he touched him, saying, “I am willing, be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴ And Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”

A Centurion’s Slave Healed

⁵ Now when^[c] he entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him, appealing to him ⁶ and saying, “Lord, my slave^[d] is lying paralyzed in my^[e] house, terribly tormented!” ⁷ And he said to him, “I will come and^[f] heal him.” ⁸ And the centurion answered and^[g] said, “Lord, I am not worthy that you should come in under my roof. But only say the word and my slave will be healed. ⁹ For I also am a man under authority who has soldiers under me, and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another one, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it^[h].”

¹⁰ Now when^[i] Jesus heard this,^[j] he was astonished, and said to those who were following him,^[k] “Truly I say to you, I have found such great faith with no one in Israel. ¹¹ But I say to you that many will come from east and west and be seated at the banquet^[l] with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. ¹² But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!” ¹³ And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go, as you have believed it will be done for you.” And the slave^[m] was healed at that hour.

Many at Capernaum Are Healed

¹⁴ And when^[n] Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down and suffering with a fever. ¹⁵ And he touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve him.

¹⁶ Now when it^[o] was evening, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed, and he expelled the spirits with a word. And he healed all those who were sick,^{[p] 17} in order that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled, who said,