Matthew 8:1–17

Jesus Heals a Sick Man

8When Jesus came down from the hill, great crowds followed him. ²Then a man with a skin disease came to Jesus. The man bowed down before him and said, “Lord, you can heal me if you will.”

³Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man and said, “I will. Be healed!” And immediately the man was healed from his disease. ⁴Then Jesus said to him, “Don’t tell anyone about this. But go and show yourself to the priest ⁿ and offer the gift Moses commanded ⁿ for people who are made well. This will show the people what I have done.”

Jesus Heals a Soldier’s Servant

⁵When Jesus entered the city of Capernaum, an army officer came to him, begging for help. ⁶The officer said, “Lord, my servant is at home in bed. He can’t move his body and is in much pain.”

⁷Jesus said to the officer, “I will go and heal him.”

⁸The officer answered, “Lord, I am not worthy for you to come into my house. You only need to command it, and my servant will be healed. ⁹I, too, am a man under the authority of others, and I have soldiers under my command. I tell one soldier, ‘Go,’ and he goes. I tell another soldier, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and my servant does it.

¹⁰When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. He said to those who were following him, “I tell you the truth, this is the greatest faith I have found, even in Israel. ¹¹Many people will come from the east and from the west and will sit and eat with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. ¹²But those people who should be in the kingdom will be thrown outside into the darkness, where people will cry and grind their teeth with pain.”

¹³Then Jesus said to the officer, “Go home. Your servant will be healed just as you believed he would.” And his servant was healed that same hour.

Jesus Heals Many People

¹⁴When Jesus went to Peter’s house, he saw that Peter’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever. ¹⁵Jesus touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she stood up and began to serve Jesus.

¹⁶That evening people brought to Jesus many who had demons. Jesus spoke and the demons left them, and he healed all the sick. ¹⁷He did these things to bring about what Isaiah the prophet had said:

“He took our suffering on him

and carried our diseases.”