Thematic Bible
Matthew 8:1 (show verse)
When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
Matthew 8:2 (show verse)
Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
Matthew 8:3 (show verse)
Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Matthew 8:4 (show verse)
Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
Matthew 8:5 (show verse)
When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,
Matthew 8:6 (show verse)
and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented."
Matthew 8:7 (show verse)
Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."
Matthew 8:8 (show verse)
The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
Matthew 8:9 (show verse)
For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,' and he comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
Matthew 8:10 (show verse)
When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, "Most certainly I tell you, I haven't found so great a faith, not even in Israel.
Matthew 8:11 (show verse)
I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,
Matthew 8:12 (show verse)
but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Matthew 8:13 (show verse)
Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed." His servant was healed in that hour.
Matthew 8:14 (show verse)
When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever.
Matthew 8:15 (show verse)
He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.
Matthew 8:16 (show verse)
When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
Matthew 8:17 (show verse)
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases."
Matthew 8:18 (show verse)
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.
Matthew 8:19 (show verse)
A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
Matthew 8:20 (show verse)
Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
Matthew 8:21 (show verse)
Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go 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)
When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.
Matthew 8:24 (show verse)
Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.
Matthew 8:25 (show verse)
They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord! We are dying!"
Matthew 8:26 (show verse)
He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Matthew 8:27 (show verse)
The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
Matthew 8:28 (show verse)
When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.
Matthew 8:29 (show verse)
Behold, they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"
Matthew 8:30 (show verse)
Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.
Matthew 8:31 (show verse)
The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs."
Matthew 8:32 (show verse)
He said to them, "Go!" They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.
Matthew 8:33 (show verse)
Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.
Matthew 8:34 (show verse)
Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.