When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying,
“Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” And Jesus stretched out
his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And
immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, “See
that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest
and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”
When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him,
appealing to him, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home,
suffering terribly.” And he said to him, “I will come and heal
him.” But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you
come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be
healed. For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me.
And I say to 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 this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly,
I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith. I tell
you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons
of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that
place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” And to the
centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you as you have
believed.” And the servant was healed at that very moment.
And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law
lying sick with a fever. He touched her hand, and the fever left
her, and she rose and began to serve him. That evening they brought
to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the
spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. This was to
fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our
illnesses and bore our diseases.”
Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over
to the other side. And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher,
I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes
have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has
nowhere to lay his head.” Another of the disciples said to him,
“Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” And Jesus said to him,
“Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. And
behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was
being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they went and
woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” And he said to
them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and
rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. And the
men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds
and sea obey him?”
And when he came to the other side, to the country of the
Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the
tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. And behold, they
cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you
come here to torment us before the time?” Now a herd of many pigs
was feeding at some distance from them. And the demons begged him,
saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.”
And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the pigs,
and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea
and drowned in the waters. The herdsmen fled, and going into the
city they told everything, especially what had happened to the
demon-possessed men. And behold, all the city came out to meet
Jesus, and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their
region.
