1 W hen he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

Jesus came down from the mountain. Many people followed Him.

2 B ehold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”

A man with a bad skin disease came and got down before Him and worshiped Him. He said, “Lord, if You will, You can heal me!”

3 J esus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Then Jesus put His hand on him and said, “I will. You are healed!” At once the man was healed.

4 J esus 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.”

Jesus said to him, “Go now, but tell no one. Let the religious leader see you. Give the gift in worship that Moses told you to give. This will show them you have been healed.” Healing of the Captain’s Servant

5 W hen he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,

Jesus came to the city of Capernaum. A captain of the army came to Him. He asked for help,

6 a nd saying, “Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented.”

saying, “Lord, my servant is sick in bed. He is not able to move his body. He is in much pain.”

7 J esus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”

Jesus said to the captain, “I will come and heal him.”

8 T he centurion answered, “Lord, I’m not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

The captain said, “Lord, I am not good enough for You to come to my house. Only speak the word, and my servant will be healed.

9 F or 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.”

I am a man who works for someone else and I have men working under me. I say to this man, ‘Go!’ and he goes. I say to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

10 W hen 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.

When Jesus heard this, He was surprised and wondered about it. He said to those who followed Him, “For sure, I tell you, I have not found so much faith in the Jewish nation.

11 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,

I say to you, many people will come from the east and from the west. They will sit down with Abraham and with Isaac and with Jacob in the holy nation of heaven.

12 b ut the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

But those who should have belonged to the holy nation of heaven will be thrown out into outer darkness, where there will be crying and grinding of teeth.”

13 J esus said to the centurion, “Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed.” His servant was healed in that hour.

Jesus said to the captain, “Go your way. It is done for you even as you had faith to believe.” The servant was healed at that time. Peter’s Mother-In-Law Healed

14 W hen Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.

Jesus came to Peter’s house. He saw Peter’s wife’s mother in bed. She was very sick.

15 H e touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.

He touched her hand and the sickness left her. She got up and cared for Jesus. Many People Are Healed

16 W hen evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;

That evening they brought to Jesus many people who had demons in them. The demons were put out when Jesus spoke to them. All the sick people were healed.

17 t hat it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.”

It happened as the early preacher Isaiah said it would happen. He said, “He took on Himself our sickness and carried away our diseases.” Testing Some Followers

18 N ow when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.

Jesus saw many people and told them to go to the other side of the lake.

19 A scribe came, and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

A teacher of the Law came to Jesus. He said, “Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.”

20 J esus 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.”

Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes. Birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

21 A nother of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”

Another of His followers said to Him, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.”

22 B ut Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

Jesus said to him, “Follow Me. Let the people who are dead bury their own dead.” The Wind and Waves Obey Jesus

23 W hen he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.

Jesus got into a boat. His followers followed Him.

24 B ehold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.

At once a bad storm came over the lake. The waves were covering the boat. Jesus was sleeping.

25 T hey came to him, and woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord! We are dying!”

His followers went to Him and called, “Help us, Lord, or we will die!”

26 H e 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.

He said to them, “Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!” Then He stood up. He spoke sharp words to the wind and the waves. Then the wind stopped blowing.

27 T he men marveled, saying, “What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

Then men were surprised and wondered about it. They said, “What kind of a man is He? Even the winds and the waves obey Him.” Demons Ask Jesus to Let Them Live in Pigs

28 W hen 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.

Jesus came to the other side of the lake into the country of the Gadarenes. Two men came to Him from among the graves. They had demons in them and were very wild men. They were so bad that no one would go near them.

29 B ehold, 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?”

They called out, saying, “What do You want of us, You Son of God? Have You come here to make us suffer before it is our time to suffer?”

30 N ow there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.

A long way from there many pigs were eating.

31 T he demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”

The demons begged Jesus, saying, “If You put us out, send us into the pigs.”

32 H e 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.

Jesus said to the demons, “Go!” They came out of the men and went into the pigs. At once the pigs ran down the mountain side. They fell into the water and died.

33 T hose who fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.

The men who cared for the pigs ran fast into the city and told everything. They told what happened to the men who had the demons.

34 B ehold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.

Every person in the city came to meet Jesus. When they saw Jesus, they asked Him to leave their country.