Matthew 8:3-23

New International Version

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.^(A) But go, show yourself to the priest^(B) and offer the gift Moses commanded,^(C) as a testimony to them.”

The Faith of the Centurion^(D)

⁵ When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. ⁶ “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed,^(E) 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.^{(F) 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.^{(G) 11} I say to you that many will come from the east and the west,^(H) and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.^{(I) 12} But the subjects of the kingdom^(J) will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”^(K)

¹³ Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.”^(L) And his servant was healed at that moment.

Jesus Heals Many^(M)

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.^{(N) 17} This was to fulfill^(O) what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

The Cost of Following Jesus^(Q)

¹⁸ When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.^{(R) 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 dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man^(S) 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,^(T) and let the dead bury their own dead.”

Jesus Calms the Storm^(U)(V)

²³ Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him.