Matthew 8:1–17

A Leper Cleansed

8 And when* he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him. 2 And behold, a leper approached and* worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you are able to make me clean.” 3 And extending his hand he touched him, saying, “I am willing, be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”

A Centurion’s Slave Healed

5 Now when* he entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him, appealing to him 6 and saying, “Lord, my slavea is lying paralyzed in myb house, terribly tormented!” 7 And he said to him, “I will come and* heal him.” 8 And the centurion answered and* said, “Lord, I am not worthy that you should come in under my roof. But only say the word and my slave will be healed. 9 For I also am a man under authority who has soldiers under me, and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another one, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does itc.”

10 Now when* Jesus heard this,* he was astonished, and said to those who were following him,* “Truly I say to you, I have found such great faith with no one in Israel. 11 But I say to you that many will come from east and west and ⌊be seated at the banquet⌋d with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!” 13 And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go, as you have believed it will be done for you.” And the slavee was healed at that hour.

Many at Capernaum Are Healed

14 And when* Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down and suffering with a fever. 15 And he touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve him.

16 Now when it* was evening, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed, and he expelled the spirits with a word. And he healed all ⌊those who were sick⌋,f 17 in order that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled, who said,

“He himself took away our sicknesses,

and carried away our diseases.”g

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*	Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“came down”)
*	Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“approached”) has been translated as a finite verb
*	Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“entered”)
a	Traditionally “servant”; the Greek term here is one often used of a slave who was regarded with some degree of affection, possibly a personal servant (the parallel passage in Luke 7:7 uses the more common term for slave)
b	Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*	Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“come”) has been translated as a finite verb
*	Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
c	Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation (see the parallel in Luke 7:8).
*	Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
*	Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*	Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
d	Literally “recline at table”
e	Many later manuscripts have “his slave”
*	Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
*	Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
f	Literally “those who were having badly”
g	A quotation from Isa 53:4