Matthew 8:5-20

English Standard Version

The Faith of a Centurion

⁵^(A)When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, ⁶“Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” ⁷And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” ⁸But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but ^(B)only say the word, and my servant will be healed. ⁹For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant,^[a] ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ¹⁰When Jesus heard this, ^(C)he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with ^(D)no one in Israel^[b] have I found such faith. ¹¹I tell you, ^(E)many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, ¹²^(F)while the sons of the kingdom ^(G)will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place ^(H)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” ¹³And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you ^(I)as you have believed.” ^(J)And the servant was healed at that very moment.

Jesus Heals Many

¹⁴^(K)And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw ^(L)his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. ¹⁵He ^(M)touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. ¹⁶That evening they brought to him many who were ^(N)oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits ^(O)with a word and healed all who were sick. ¹⁷^(P)This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: ^(Q)“He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”

The Cost of Following Jesus

¹⁸Now ^(R)when Jesus saw a crowd around him, ^(S)he gave orders to go over to the other side. ¹⁹^(T)And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” ²⁰And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”