When 1Jesus came down from the mountain, 2large crowds followed Him.Lit HeOr many 2 And aa man with 1leprosy came to Him and 2bbowed down before Him, and said, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”I.e., leprosy or a serious, unspecified skin disease, and so throughout the ch; see Lev 13Or worshiped HimMatt 8:2-4: <IT>Mark 1:40-44; Luke 5:12-14</IT>Matt 9:18; 15:25; 18:26; 20:20; John 9:38; Acts 10:25 3 1Jesus reached out with His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately his aleprosy was cleansed.Lit And HeMatt 11:5; Luke 4:27 4 And Jesus *said to him, “aSee that you tell no one; but bgo, cshow yourself to the priest and present the 1offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”Lit giftMatt 9:30; 12:16; 17:9; Mark 1:44; 3:12; 5:43; 7:36; 8:30; 9:9; Luke 4:41; 8:56; 9:21Mark 1:44; Luke 5:14; 17:14Lev 13:49; 14:2ff
5 And awhen 1Jesus entered Capernaum, a 2centurion came to Him, begging Him,Lit HeI.e., a Roman military officerMatt 8:5-13: <IT>Luke 7:1-10</IT> 6 and saying, “1Lord, my 2servant is lying aparalyzed at home, terribly tormented.”Or SirLit boyMatt 4:24 7 Jesus *said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 8 But the centurion replied, “1Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just 2say the word, and my 3servant will be healed.Or SirLit say with a wordLit boy 9 For I also am a man under aauthority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”Mark 1:27; Luke 9:1 10 Now when Jesus heard this, He was amazed and said to those who were following, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith 1with anyone in Israel.One early ms not even in Israel 11 And I say to you that many awill come from east and west, and 1recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven;I.e., to dineIs 49:12; 59:19; Mal 1:11; Luke 13:29 12 but athe sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into bthe outer darkness; in that place cthere will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”Matt 13:38Matt 22:13; 25:30Matt 13:42, 50; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30; Luke 13:28 13 And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; 1it shall be done for you aas you have believed.” And the 2servant was healed at that very 3moment.Or it is to be done; Gr imperative, i.e., a commandLit boyLit hourMatt 9:22, 29
14 aWhen Jesus came into Peter’s 1home, He saw his mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever.Or houseMatt 8:14-16: <IT>Mark 1:29-34; Luke 4:38-41</IT> 15 And He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and 1waited on Him.Or served 16 Now when evening came, they brought to Him many awho were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and bhealed all who were ill.Matt 4:24Matt 4:23; 8:33 17 This happened so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled: “aHE HIMSELF TOOK OUR ILLNESSES AND 1CARRIED AWAY OUR DISEASES.”Or removedIs 53:4
18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, aHe gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea.Mark 4:35; Luke 8:22 19 aThen a scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”Matt 8:19-22: <IT>Luke 9:57-60</IT> 20 And Jesus *said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but athe Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”Dan 7:13; Matt 9:6; 12:8, 32, 40; 13:41; 16:13, 27f; 17:9; 19:28; 26:64; Mark 8:38; Luke 12:8; 18:8; 21:36; John 1:51; 3:13f; 6:27; 12:34; Acts 7:56 21 And another of the disciples said to Him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.” 22 But Jesus *said to him, “aFollow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”Matt 9:9; Mark 2:14; Luke 9:59, 60; John 1:43; 21:19
23 aWhen He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.Matt 8:23-27: <IT>Mark 4:36-41; Luke 8:22-25</IT> 24 And behold, a 1violent storm developed on the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep.Lit great 25 And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, “aSave us, Lord; we are perishing!”Matt 8:2; 9:18 26 He *said to them, “Why are you 1afraid, ayou men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and 2it became perfectly calm.Or cowardlyLit a great calm occurredMatt 6:30; 14:31; 16:8; 17:20 27 The men were amazed, and said, “What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”
28 aAnd when He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two bdemon-possessed men confronted Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way.Matt 8:28-34: <IT>Mark 5:1-17; Luke 8:26-37</IT>Matt 4:24 29 And they cried out, saying, “1aWhat business do You have with us, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before 2the time?”Lit What to us and to you (an ancient idiom)I.e., the appointed time of judgmentJudg 11:12; 2 Sam 16:10; 19:22; 1 Kin 17:18; 2 Kin 3:13; 2 Chr 35:21; Mark 1:24; 5:7; Luke 4:34; 8:28; John 2:4 30 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding at a distance from them. 31 And the demons begged Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” 32 And He said to them, “Go!” And they came out and went into the pigs; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and 1drowned in the waters.Lit died 33 And the herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, 1including what had happened to the ademon-possessed men.Lit and the things ofMatt 4:24 34 And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, athey pleaded with Him to leave their region.Amos 7:12; Acts 16:39