Matthew:8-9
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When he was come down from the mountain ,
great multitudes followed him .
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And ,
behold ,
there came a leper and worshipped him ,
saying ,
Lord ,
if thou wilt ,
thou canst make me clean .
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And Jesus put forth his hand ,
and touched him ,
saying ,
I will ;
be thou clean .
And immediately his leprosy was cleansed .
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And Jesus saith unto him ,
See thou tell no man ;
but go thy way ,
shew thyself to the priest ,
and offer the gift that Moses commanded ,
for a testimony unto them .
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And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum ,
there came unto him a centurion ,
beseeching him ,
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And saying ,
Lord ,
my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy ,
grievously tormented .
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And Jesus saith unto him ,
I will come and heal him .
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The centurion answered and said ,
Lord ,
I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof :
but speak the word only ,
and my servant shall be healed .
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For I am a man under authority ,
having soldiers under me :
and I say to this man ,
Go ,
and he goeth ;
and to another ,
Come ,
and he cometh ;
and to my servant ,
Do this ,
and he doeth it .
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When Jesus heard it ,
he marvelled ,
and said to them that followed ,
Verily I say unto you ,
I have not found so great faith ,
no ,
not in Israel .
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And I say unto you ,
That many shall come from the east and west ,
and shall sit down with Abraham ,
and Isaac ,
and Jacob ,
in the kingdom of heaven .
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But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness :
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth .
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And Jesus said unto the centurion ,
Go thy way ;
and as thou hast believed ,
so be it done unto thee .
And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour .
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And when Jesus was come into Peter '
s house ,
he saw his wife '
s mother laid ,
and sick of a fever .
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And he touched her hand ,
and the fever left her :
and she arose ,
and ministered unto them .
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When the even was come ,
they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils :
and he cast out the spirits with his word ,
and healed all that were sick :
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That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet ,
saying ,
Himself took our infirmities ,
and bare our sicknesses .
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Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him ,
he gave commandment to depart unto the other side .
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And a certain scribe came ,
and said unto him ,
Master ,
I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest .
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And Jesus saith unto him ,
The foxes have holes ,
and the birds of the air have nests ;
but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head .
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And another of his disciples said unto him ,
Lord ,
suffer me first to go and bury my father .
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But Jesus said unto him ,
Follow me ;
and let the dead bury their dead .
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And when he was entered into a ship ,
his disciples followed him .
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And ,
behold ,
there arose a great tempest in the sea ,
insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves :
but he was asleep .
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And his disciples came to him ,
and awoke him ,
saying ,
Lord ,
save us :
we perish .
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And he saith unto them ,
Why are ye fearful ,
O ye of little faith ?
Then he arose ,
and rebuked the winds and the sea ;
and there was a great calm .
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But the men marvelled ,
saying ,
What manner of man is this ,
that even the winds and the sea obey him !
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And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes ,
there met him two possessed with devils ,
coming out of the tombs ,
exceeding fierce ,
so that no man might pass by that way .
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And ,
behold ,
they cried out ,
saying ,
What have we to do with thee ,
Jesus ,
thou Son of God ?
art thou come hither to torment us before the time ?
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And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding .
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So the devils besought him ,
saying ,
If thou cast us out ,
suffer us to go away into the herd of swine .
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And he said unto them ,
Go .
And when they were come out ,
they went into the herd of swine :
and ,
behold ,
the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea ,
and perished in the waters .
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And they that kept them fled ,
and went their ways into the city ,
and told every thing ,
and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils .
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And ,
behold ,
the whole city came out to meet Jesus :
and when they saw him ,
they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts .
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And he entered into a ship ,
and passed over ,
and came into his own city .
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And ,
behold ,
they brought to him a man sick of the palsy ,
lying on a bed :
and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy ;
Son ,
be of good cheer ;
thy sins be forgiven thee .
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And ,
behold ,
certain of the scribes said within themselves ,
This man blasphemeth .
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And Jesus knowing their thoughts said ,
Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts ?
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For whether is easier ,
to say ,
Thy sins be forgiven thee ;
or to say ,
Arise ,
and walk ?
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But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins , (
then saith he to the sick of the palsy ,)
Arise ,
take up thy bed ,
and go unto thine house .
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And he arose ,
and departed to his house .
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But when the multitudes saw it ,
they marvelled ,
and glorified God ,
which had given such power unto men .
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And as Jesus passed forth from thence ,
he saw a man ,
named Matthew ,
sitting at the receipt of custom :
and he saith unto him ,
Follow me .
And he arose ,
and followed him .
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And it came to pass ,
as Jesus sat at meat in the house ,
behold ,
many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples .
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And when the Pharisees saw it ,
they said unto his disciples ,
Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners ?
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But when Jesus heard that ,
he said unto them ,
They that be whole need not a physician ,
but they that are sick .
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But go ye and learn what that meaneth ,
I will have mercy ,
and not sacrifice :
for I am not come to call the righteous ,
but sinners to repentance .
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Then came to him the disciples of John ,
saying ,
Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft ,
but thy disciples fast not ?
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And Jesus said unto them ,
Can the children of the bridechamber mourn ,
as long as the bridegroom is with them ?
but the days will come ,
when the bridegroom shall be taken from them ,
and then shall they fast .
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No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment ,
for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment ,
and the rent is made worse .
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Neither do men put new wine into old bottles :
else the bottles break ,
and the wine runneth out ,
and the bottles perish :
but they put new wine into new bottles ,
and both are preserved .
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While he spake these things unto them ,
behold ,
there came a certain ruler ,
and worshipped him ,
saying ,
My daughter is even now dead :
but come and lay thy hand upon her ,
and she shall live .
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And Jesus arose ,
and followed him ,
and so did his disciples .
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And ,
behold ,
a woman ,
which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years ,
came behind him ,
and touched the hem of his garment :
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For she said within herself ,
If I may but touch his garment ,
I shall be whole .
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But Jesus turned him about ,
and when he saw her ,
he said ,
Daughter ,
be of good comfort ;
thy faith hath made thee whole .
And the woman was made whole from that hour .
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And when Jesus came into the ruler '
s house ,
and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise ,
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He said unto them ,
Give place :
for the maid is not dead ,
but sleepeth .
And they laughed him to scorn .
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But when the people were put forth ,
he went in ,
and took her by the hand ,
and the maid arose .
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And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land .
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And when Jesus departed thence ,
two blind men followed him ,
crying ,
and saying ,
Thou Son of David ,
have mercy on us .
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And when he was come into the house ,
the blind men came to him :
and Jesus saith unto them ,
Believe ye that I am able to do this ?
They said unto him ,
Yea ,
Lord .
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Then touched he their eyes ,
saying ,
According to your faith be it unto you .
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And their eyes were opened ;
and Jesus straitly charged them ,
saying ,
See that no man know it .
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But they ,
when they were departed ,
spread abroad his fame in all that country .
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As they went out ,
behold ,
they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil .
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And when the devil was cast out ,
the dumb spake :
and the multitudes marvelled ,
saying ,
It was never so seen in Israel .
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But the Pharisees said ,
He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils .
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And Jesus went about all the cities and villages ,
teaching in their synagogues ,
and preaching the gospel of the kingdom ,
and healing every sickness and every disease among the people .
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But when he saw the multitudes ,
he was moved with compassion on them ,
because they fainted ,
and were scattered abroad ,
as sheep having no shepherd .
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Then saith he unto his disciples ,
The harvest truly is plenteous ,
but the labourers are few ;
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Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest ,
that he will send forth labourers into his harvest .
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And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples ,
he gave them power against unclean spirits ,
to cast them out ,
and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease .