8When he came down from the mountain, large crowds^u followed him. ²Right away^v a man with leprosy came up and knelt before him,^w saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

³Reaching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴Then Jesus told him, “See that you don’t tell anyone;^x but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”^y

A CENTURION’S FAITH

⁵When he entered Capernaum,^z a centurion came to him, pleading with him, ⁶“Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible agony.”

⁷He said to him, “Am I to come and heal him?”^D

⁸“Lord,” the centurion replied, “I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.^aa ⁹For I too am a man under authority, having soldiers under my command.^E I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

¹⁰Hearing this, Jesus was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with so great a faith. ¹¹I tell you that many will come from east and west to share the banquet^A with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.^ab ¹²But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”^ac ¹³Then Jesus told the centurion, “Go. As you have believed,^ad let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that very moment.^B

HEALINGS AT CAPERNAUM

¹⁴Jesus went into Peter’s house^ae and saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. ¹⁵So he touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve him. ¹⁶When evening came, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed. He drove out the spirits^af with a word and healed all who were sick,^ag ¹⁷so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

He himself took our weaknesses

and carried our diseases.^C^ah

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Footnotes

DOr “I will come and heal him.”
E under me
A recline at the table
BOr that hour; very hour

Cross references

u Mt 5:1; Lk 3:7
v Mk 1:40–44; Lk 5:12–14
w Mt 9:18; 15:25; 18:26; 20:20; Jn 9:38; Ac 10:25
x Mt 9:30; 17:9; Mk 5:43; 7:36; 8:30
y Lv 14:3–4,10; Lk 5:14; 17:14
z Lk 7:1–10; Jn 4:46–54
aa Ps 107:20; Lk 15:19,21
ab Is 49:12; 59:19; Mk 1:11; Lk 13:29; Eph 3:6
ac Mt 13:42,50; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30; Lk 13:28
ad Mt 9:22,29; Jn 4:53
ae Mk 1:29–34; Lk 4:38–41
af Mk 3:15; 1Tm 4:1; 1Jn 4:1
ag Mt 4:24; 8:33; Ac 19:12
C Is 53:4
ah Is 53:4; Mt 1:22