Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Christ cleanses the leper, heals the centurion’s servant, heals many other diseases, helps Peter’s mother-in-law, stills the sea and the wind, and drives the devils out of the possessed man into the swine.

8 When Jesus came down from the mountain, crowds of people followed him. ² And lo, a leper came and worshipped him, saying, Master, if you are willing, you can make me clean. ³ And Jesus put forth his hand and touched him, saying, I will; be clean! And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴ And Jesus said to him, See that you tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, in witness to them.

⁵ When Jesus had entered into Capernaum, there came to him a certain centurion, who besought him, ⁶ saying, Master, my servant lies sick at home, paralyzed, and is grievously pained. ⁷ And Jesus said to him, I will come and heal him. ⁸ The centurion answered and said, Sir, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof. But speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. ⁹ For I also myself am a man subject to the authority of another, and have soldiers under me. And I say to one, Go! and he goes, and to another, Come! and he comes, and to my servant, Do this! and he does it.

¹⁰ When Jesus heard that, he marvelled, and said to the people who followed him, Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel. ¹¹ I say therefore to you that many will come from the east and west, and will rest with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, ¹² but the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

¹³ Then Jesus said to the centurion, Go your way, and as you believe, so be it unto you. And his servant was healed that very same hour.