Matthew:8

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* When Jesus came down from the mountain , large crowds followed him . * A leper came to him and bowed down before him , saying : »Lord , if you want to , you can make me clean .« * He reached out his hand and touched him , saying : »I want to . Be made clean .« Right away his leprosy was cleansed . * Jesus told him not to tell anyone . »Show yourself to the priests and offer the gift that Moses commanded , for a testimony to them .« * When he entered Capernaum , a centurion approached him . * He said : »Lord , my servant is lying paralyzed at home and terribly tormented .« * Jesus said to him : »I will come and heal him .« * The centurion replied to Jesus : »Lord , I am not worthy that you come under my roof . Say the word and my servant will be healed . * »I also am a man having authority and commanding soldiers . I say to this one , ‘Go ,’ and he goes ; and to another , ‘Come ,’ and he comes ; and to my servant , ‘Do this ,’ and he does it .« * When Jesus heard it , he was amazed , and said to the crowd : »I tell you , I have not found such great faith in Israel . * »I tell you , many will come from the east and the west , to sit down with Abraham , and Isaac , and Jacob , in the kingdom of heaven : * »but the sons of the kingdom will be cast forth into the outer darkness : there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth .« * Jesus said to the centurion : »Go . Just as you believe , so it will be done to you .« The servant was healed in that hour . * Jesus went to Peter ’s house . He saw his wife ’s mother lying sick of a fever . * He touched her hand and the fever left her . She arose , and ministered to him . * That evening , they brought many people possessed with demons to him . He cast out the spirits with a word , and healed all that were sick . * In so doing , that which was spoken through Isaiah was fulfilled . Isaiah wrote : »He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases .« * Now when Jesus saw how large the crowd was growing , he gave orders to depart to the other side of the lake . * A scribe came to him and said : »Teacher , I will follow you wherever you go .« * Jesus replied : »Foxes have holes , and the birds of heaven have nests , but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head .« * One of his disciples said : »Lord , first allow me to go bury my father .« * But Jesus said to him : »Follow me ; and leave the dead to bury their own dead .« * When he entered a boat , his disciples followed him . * Suddenly a storm blew in and the boat was covered with waves . Jesus was asleep . * And they came to him , woke him , and cried : »Save us , Lord , or we will perish .« * He said to them : »Why are you afraid , you of little faith ?« Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea . Suddenly there was a great calm . * The disciples were in awe . They asked : »What kind of man is this , for even the winds and the sea obey him ?« * When he arrived at the other side of the lake in the country of the Gadarenes two men possessed by demons came to him from out of the tombs . They were extremely violent , so no man could pass by that way . * They screamed at him , saying : »What have we to do with you , Son of God ? Have you come to torment us before the time ?« * A large herd of swine was feeding in the distance . * The demons pleaded with him : »If you cast us out , send us into the herd of swine !« * He told them to go . And they came out , and went into the swine . The entire herd rushed down the hill into the sea , where they perished in the waters . * The herdsmen fled to the city to tell everything that happened to the swine that were possessed with demons . * Everyone in the city came out to meet Jesus . They begged him to go away from their country .

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