Matthew 8
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1When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.Select Matthew 8:1
2And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.Select Matthew 8:2
3And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be you clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.Select Matthew 8:3
4And Jesus says to him, See you tell no man; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. ¶Select Matthew 8:4
5And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,Select Matthew 8:5
6And saying, Lord, my servant lies at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.Select Matthew 8:6
7And Jesus says to him, I will come and heal him.Select Matthew 8:7
8The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.Select Matthew 8:8
9For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.Select Matthew 8:9
10When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to them that followed, Truly I say to you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.Select Matthew 8:10
11And I say to 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.Select Matthew 8:11
12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.Select Matthew 8:12
13And Jesus said to the centurion, Go your way; and as you have believed, so be it done to you. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. ¶Select Matthew 8:13
14And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.Select Matthew 8:14
15And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered to them. ¶Select Matthew 8:15
16When the even was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:Select Matthew 8:16
17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses. ¶Select Matthew 8:17
18Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart to the other side.Select Matthew 8:18
19And a certain scribe came, and said to him, Master, I will follow you wherever you go.Select Matthew 8:19
20And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.Select Matthew 8:20
21And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.Select Matthew 8:21
22But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. ¶Select Matthew 8:22
23And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.Select Matthew 8:23
24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.Select Matthew 8:24
25And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.Select Matthew 8:25
26And he says to them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.Select Matthew 8:26
27But the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! ¶Select Matthew 8:27
28And 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.Select Matthew 8:28
29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus, you Son of God? are you come here to torment us before the time?Select Matthew 8:29
30And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.Select Matthew 8:30
31So the devils sought him, saying, If you cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.Select Matthew 8:31
32And he said to 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.Select Matthew 8:32
33And 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.Select Matthew 8:33
34And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they sought him that he would depart out of their coasts.Select Matthew 8:34
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