Matthew:8

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* When he had come down from the mountain , great multitudes followed him . * And lo ! there came a leper and bowed down before him , saying , Lord , if thou wilt , thou canst cleanse me . * And he put forth his hand , and touched him , saying , I will ; be thou cleansed . And immediately his leprosy was cleansed . * And Jesus saith to him , See thou tell no one ; but go , show thyself to the priest , and offer the gift that Moses commanded , for a testimony to them . * And when he had entered into Capernaum , there came to him a centurion , beseeching him , * and saying , Lord , my servant lieth at home palsied , sorely tormented . * He saith to him , I will come and heal him . * But the centurion answered and said , Lord , I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof ; but only command with a word , and my servant will be made well . * For even I am a man under authority , having soldiers under me ; and I say to this one , Go , and he goeth ; and to another , Come , and he cometh ; and to my servant , Do this , and he doeth it . * When Jesus heard this , he marveled , and said to those who followed , Truly do I say to you , Not even in Israel have I found such faith . * And I say to you , that many will come from the east and the west , and recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven . * But the sons of the kingdom will go out into the outer darkness ; there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth . * And Jesus said to the centurion , Go thy way ; as thou hast believed , so be it done to thee . And the servant was made well in that hour . * And when Jesus had come into Peter ’s house , he saw his wife ’s mother lying sick of a fever . * And he touched her hand , and the fever left her ; and she arose , and waited on him . * And when evening came , they brought to him many that were possessed by demons ; and he cast out the spirits with a word , and healed all that were sick ; * that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet , saying , "He himself took our infirmities , and bore our diseases ." * And Jesus , seeing great multitudes about him , gave orders to depart to the other side . * And a certain scribe came and said to him , Teacher , I will follow thee wherever thou goest . * And Jesus saith to him , The foxes have holes , and the birds of the air have lodging –places ; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head . * And another of the disciples said to him , Lord , suffer me first to go and bury my father . * But he saith to him , Follow me , and let the dead bury their own dead . * And when he had gone on board the boat , his disciples followed him . * And , lo ! a great tempest arose on the lake , so that the boat was almost covered by the waves ; but he was sleeping . * And they came and awoke him , saying , Lord , save ! we are perishing . * And he saith to them , Why are ye fearful , ye of little faith ? Then he arose , and rebuked the winds and the waves ; and there was a great calm . * And the men marveled , saying , What manner of man is this , that even the winds and the waves obey him ? * And when he had come to the other side , into the country of the Gadarenes , there met him two men possessed by demons , coming out of the tombs , exceedingly fierce , so that no one could pass by that way . * And lo ! they cried out , saying , What have we to do with thee , Son of God ? Didst thou come here to torment us before the time ? * Now there was at a distance from them a herd of many swine feeding . * And the demons besought him , saying , If thou cast us out , send us into the herd of swine . * And he said to them , Go . And they came out , and went into the swine . And lo ! the whole herd rushed down the steep into the lake , and perished in the waters . * And the herdsmen fled , and went away into the city , and told everything , and what had happened to the men possessed by demons . * And lo ! the whole city came out to meet Jesus ; and when they saw him , they besought him to depart from their borders .

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