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Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy
1 When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large
crowds followed him. 2 A man with leprosy came and knelt
before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make
me clean.”
3 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am
willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed
of his leprosy. 4 Then Jesus said to him, “See that you
don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and
offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
The Faith of the Centurion
5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to
him, asking for help. “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at
home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”
7 Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”
8 The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to
have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my
servant will be healed. 9 For I myself am a man under
authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’
and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my
servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to
those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found
anyone in Israel with such great faith. 11 I say to you that
many will come from the east and the west, and will take
their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in
the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the subjects of the kingdom
will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will
be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be
done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was
healed at that very hour.
Jesus Heals Many
14 When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s
mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. 15 He touched her
hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to
wait on him.
16 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed
were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a
word and healed all the sick. 17 This was to fulfill what
was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
“He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.”
The Cost of Following Jesus
18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders
to cross to the other side of the lake. 19 Then a teacher of
the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you
wherever you go.”
20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have holes and birds have
nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
21 Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go
and bury my father.”
22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead
bury their own dead.”
Jesus Calms the Storm
23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed
him. 24 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so
that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.
25 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us!
We’re going to drown!”
26 He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so
afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves,
and it was completely calm.
27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is
this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
Jesus Restores Two Demon-Possessed Men
28 When he arrived at the other side in the region of
the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs
met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that
way. 29 “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they
shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the
appointed time?”
30 Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was
feeding. 31 The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out,
send us into the herd of pigs.”
32 He said to them, “Go!” So they came out and went
into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank
into the lake and died in the water. 33 Those tending the
pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all this,
including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. 34
Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they
saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region.
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