New Testament in a Year

The Signs of the Kingdom of God^[a]

Ten Miracles^[b]

Chapter 8

Jesus Heals a Man with Leprosy.^{[c] 1} When he had come down from the mountain, large crowds followed him. ² Suddenly, a man with leprosy approached, knelt before him, and said, “Lord, if you choose to do so, you can make me clean.” ³ He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I do choose. Be made clean.” Immediately, his leprosy was cured. ⁴ Then Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses prescribed. That will be proof for them.”

Jesus Heals the Centurion’s Servant.^{[d] 5} When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him and pleaded for his help. ⁶ “Lord,” he said, “my servant is lying at home paralyzed and enduring agonizing sufferings.” ⁷ Jesus said to him, “I will come and cure him.” ⁸ The centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But simply say the word and my servant will be healed.^{[e] 9} For I myself am a man subject to authority, with soldiers who are subject to me. I say to one ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come here,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

¹⁰ When Jesus heard this, he was amazed, and he said to those who were following him, “Amen, I say to you, in no one throughout Israel have I found faith as great as this. ¹¹ Many, I tell you, will come from the east and the west to sit with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob at the banquet in the kingdom of heaven. ¹² But the heirs of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

¹³ Jesus then said to the centurion, “Return home. Your petition has been granted because of your faith.” And at that very hour the servant was healed.

¹⁴ Jesus Heals Peter’s Mother-in-Law. Jesus then entered the house of Peter and found Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. ¹⁵ He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve him.

¹⁶ Jesus Drives Out the Evil Spirits.^[f] That evening they brought to him many who were possessed by demons. He cast out the spirits with a command and cured all who were sick. ¹⁷ This was to fulfill the words of the prophet Isaiah: