Thematic Bible
Matthew 8:1 (show verse)
When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds of people followed him.
Matthew 8:2 (show verse)
And a leper came up to him and fell on his knees before him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cure me!"
Matthew 8:3 (show verse)
So he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I do choose! Be cured!" And his leprosy was immediately cured.
Matthew 8:4 (show verse)
Then Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go! Show yourself to the priest, and in proof of your cure, offer the gift that Moses prescribed."
Matthew 8:5 (show verse)
When he got back to Capernaum, a Roman captain came up and appealed to him,
Matthew 8:6 (show verse)
saying, "My servant, sir, is lying sick with paralysis at my house, in great distress."
Matthew 8:7 (show verse)
He said to him, "I will come and cure him."
Matthew 8:8 (show verse)
But the captain answered, "I am not a suitable person, sir, to have you come under my roof, but simply say the word, and my servant will be cured.
Matthew 8:9 (show verse)
For I am myself under the orders of others and I have soldiers under me, and I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes, and my slave to do something, and he does it."
Matthew 8:10 (show verse)
When Jesus heard this he was astonished, and said to his followers, "I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such faith as this.
Matthew 8:11 (show verse)
And I tell you, many will come from the east and from the west and take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven,
Matthew 8:12 (show verse)
while the heirs to the kingdom will be driven into the darkness outside, there to weep and grind their teeth!"
Matthew 8:13 (show verse)
Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go! You shall find it just as you believe!" And the servant was immediately cured.
Matthew 8:14 (show verse)
Jesus went into Peter's house, and there he found Peter's mother-in-law sick in bed with fever.
Matthew 8:15 (show verse)
And he touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and waited on him.
Matthew 8:16 (show verse)
In the evening they brought to him many who were possessed by demons, and he drove the spirits out with a word, and cured all who were sick,
Matthew 8:17 (show verse)
in fulfilment of the words of the prophet Isaiah, "He took our sickness and carried away our diseases."
Matthew 8:18 (show verse)
Then Jesus, seeing a crowd about him, gave orders to cross to the other side.
Matthew 8:19 (show verse)
And a scribe came up and said to him, "Master, I will follow you wherever you are going!"
Matthew 8:20 (show verse)
And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and wild birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no where to lay his head!"
Matthew 8:21 (show verse)
And another of his disciples said to him, "Let me first go, sir, and bury my father."
Matthew 8:22 (show verse)
But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead!"
Matthew 8:23 (show verse)
And he got into the boat, and his disciples went with him.
Matthew 8:24 (show verse)
And suddenly a terrific storm came up on the sea, so that the waves broke over the boat, but he remained asleep.
Matthew 8:25 (show verse)
And they came and woke him up, saying, "Save us, sir! We are lost!"
Matthew 8:26 (show verse)
And he said to them, "Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!" Then he got up and reproved the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Matthew 8:27 (show verse)
And the men were amazed and said, "What kind of man is this? For the very winds and sea obey him!"
Matthew 8:28 (show verse)
When he reached the other side, in the region of Gadara, two men possessed by demons came out of the tombs and confronted him; they were so extremely violent that nobody could go along that road.
Matthew 8:29 (show verse)
And they suddenly screamed out, "What do you want of us, you Son of God? Have you come here before the appointed time to torture us?"
Matthew 8:30 (show verse)
Now at some distance from them there was a great drove of pigs feeding.
Matthew 8:31 (show verse)
And the demons entreated him, saying, "If you are going to drive us out, send us into the drove of pigs."
Matthew 8:32 (show verse)
And he said to them, "Begone!" And they came out and went into the pigs. And suddenly the whole drove rushed over the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the water.
Matthew 8:33 (show verse)
And the men who tended them ran away and went off to the town and told it all, and the news about the men possessed by demons.
Matthew 8:34 (show verse)
And the whole town came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him they begged him to go away from their district.