CHAPTER 8
Suddenly
a leper
came
and knelt before
Him,
saying,
“Lord,
if
You are willing,
You can
make me clean.”
Jesus reached out
His
hand
and touched
the man.
“I am willing,”
He said,
“be clean.”
And
immediately
his
leprosy
was cleansed.
Then
Jesus
instructed
him,
“See that
you don’t tell anyone.
But
go,
show
yourself
to the
priest
and
offer
the
gift
prescribed
by Moses,
as
a testimony
to them."
The
centurion
answered,
“Lord,
I am
not
worthy
to
have You come
under
my
roof.
But
just
say
the word,
and
my
servant
will be healed.
For
I
myself
am
a man
under
authority,
with
soldiers
under
me.
I tell
one
to go,
and
he goes;
and
another
to come,
and
he comes.
I tell
my
servant
to do
something,
and
he does it."
When
Jesus
heard this,
He marveled
and
said
to those
following Him,
“Truly
I tell
you,
I have not found anyone
in
Israel
with such great
faith.
I say
to you
that
many
will come
from
the east
and
the west
to share the banquet
with
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob
in
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
But
the
sons
of the
kingdom
will be cast
into
the
outer
darkness,
where there
will be
weeping
and
gnashing
of teeth.”
Then
Jesus
said
to the
centurion,
“Go!
As
you have believed,
so will it be done
for you.”
And
his
servant
was healed
at
that very
hour.
When
evening
came,
many
who were demon-possessed
were brought
to Jesus,
and
He drove out
the
spirits
with a word
and
healed
all
the
sick.
This was
to fulfill
what
was spoken
through
the
prophet
Isaiah:
“He took on
our
infirmities,
and
carried
our
diseases.”
Jesus
replied,
“Foxes
have
dens,
and
birds
of the
air have
nests,
but
the Son
of Man
has
no
place
to lay
His
head.”
Suddenly
a violent
storm
came up
on
the
sea,
so that
the
boat
was engulfed
by
the
waves;
but
Jesus
was sleeping.
“You of little faith,”
Jesus replied,
“why
are you
so afraid?”
Then
He got up
and rebuked
the
winds
and
the
sea,
and
it was
perfectly
calm.
When
Jesus
arrived
on
the
other side
in
the
region
of the
Gadarenes,
two
demon-possessed men
met
Him
on their way
from
the
tombs.
They were so
violent
that
no
one
could
pass
that
way.
“What
do You want
with us,
Son
of God?”
they shouted.
“Have You come
here
to torture
us
before the
proper time?”
“Go!”
He told
them.
So
they came out
and went
into
the
pigs,
and
the
whole
herd
rushed
down
the
steep bank
into
the
sea
and
perished
in
the
waters.
Those
tending the pigs
ran off
into
the
town
and reported
all this,
including
the account
of the
demon-possessed men.
Then
the
whole
town
went out
to
meet
Jesus.
And
when they saw
Him,
they begged Him
to leave
their
region.