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The Gospel of Matthew 8

8 When Jesus went down from the hill, large groups of people went wherever he went. 2 Then, a man who had a skin disease came and knelt before Jesus. He said to Jesus, “Lord, please heal me! I know that you are able to heal me if you are willing!” 3 Then Jesus stretched out his hand and touched the man. He said, “I am willing to heal you, and I heal you now!” At that time, Jesus healed the man from his skin disease. 4 Then Jesus told him, “Do not tell anyone what just happened. Instead, go and show yourself to a priest so that he can examine you and see that you no longer have the skin disease. Also, present the offering that Moses required for people whom God has healed from skin disease. This will prove to the community that you no longer have the skin disease.”

5 While Jesus was visiting the city of Capernaum, an important Roman officer came to him. He urged Jesus to help him. 6 He said, “Lord, one of my servants is lying in bed at my home because he cannot move. He is suffering very much. Please help him.” 7 Jesus answered, “I will go to your home and cure him.” 8 The important officer responded, “Lord, I am not important enough for you to come into my house. Instead of going to my house, you can cure my servant just by speaking a command. 9 I know that you can do this because I myself am a man who must obey the orders of my superiors. I also have soldiers who must obey my orders. When I say to one of them, ‘Go there!’ he goes there. When I say to another one, ‘Come here!’ he comes to me. When I say to my slave, ‘Perform this task!’ he does it.” 10 What the officer said impressed Jesus. Jesus declared to the people who were with him, “I have not met any Israelite who trusts me as much as this man does! What I have said is true.” 11 So, here is what I want to tell you: many people from every part of the world, including many non-Jewish people, will arrive in God’s heavenly kingdom. They will feast along with our Jewish ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 12 However, God will cast out many people who think that they will participate in his kingdom. He will punish them in a dark place, where they will cry and sorrowfully grind their teeth.” 13 Then, Jesus told the important officer, “Return home. I will do for you what you have trusted me to do.” Jesus healed the servant at that exact time.

14 After that, Jesus went to Peter’s home. There, he saw that Peter’s mother-in-law was lying in bed because she had a fever. 15 He touched her hand, and she recovered from the fever. Then, she stood up and offered Jesus some food.

16 When it was evening, people brought to Jesus many men and women whom evil spiritual beings controlled. Jesus drove these evil spiritual beings out of those men and women just by speaking words. Also, he cured everyone who was sick. 17 So, what God said by speaking through the prophet Isaiah came true: “When we were feeble, he helped us. When we were sick, he cured us.”

18 When Jesus saw that there was a large group of people around him, he told his disciples to take him by boat to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. 19 Before they got into the boat, a teacher of the Jewish law came up to Jesus and said to him, “My instructor, I want to go with you and be your apprentice.” 20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have holes in the ground to live in, and birds have nests to live in, but I, the Son of Man, do not have a home to sleep in!” 21 A different person who was one of Jesus’ apprentices said to him, “Lord, let me first go home and stay there until I bury my father. Then I will go with you.” 22 Jesus responded, “Come with me and be my apprentice now. You cannot help anyone who has died.”

23 After that, Jesus got on the boat, and his apprentices went with him. They started sailing to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. 24 As they were sailing a strong windstorm developed over the Sea of Galilee! Very high waves were splashing into the boat and filling it, but Jesus was asleep. 25 So Jesus’ disciples came over to wake him up. They said to him, “Lord, please help us! We are all going to die!” 26 Jesus answered, “You should not be so afraid. You should trust God more than you do!” Then he stood up. He scolded the wind and the water, and everything became calm. 27 What happened impressed the apprentices. They asked, “What kind of person is Jesus? The wind and the water do what he says!”

28 After that, they arrived on the other side of the Sea of Galilee, in the region where the Gadarene people lived. When they landed, two men whom demons controlled came up to Jesus. They came from the burial caves. They were strong and dangerous. Because of them, no one could travel on the road that went near the burial caves. 29 They shouted to Jesus, “Leave us alone, you who are God’s Son! You should not arrive to punish us before it is the time that God has appointed.” 30 Now there was a large herd of pigs grazing relatively far away from them. 31 The demons pleaded with Jesus, “When you drive us out of these two men, please allow us to control that herd of pigs!” 32 Jesus answered, “I will allow that!” So, the demons left the men and began to control the pigs. Then, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the steep bank into the Sea of Galilee! They died there in the sea. 33 Then those who were taking care of the pigs ran away. They went to the nearby town, where they told people about everything that had happened, including what had happened to the men whom the demons had controlled. 34 Then many people who lived in that town went to see Jesus! When they met him, they pleaded with him to leave their area.

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