Matthew 8:1–13

Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy

8:2–4pp—Mk 1:40–44; Lk 5:12–14

8When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. ²A man with leprosy^al came and knelt before him^m and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

³Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. ⁴Then Jesus said to him, “See that you don’t tell anyone.ⁿ But go, show yourself to the priest^o and offer the gift Moses commanded,^p as a testimony to them.”

The Faith of the Centurion

8:5–13pp—Lk 7:1–10

⁵When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. ⁶“Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed,^q suffering terribly.”

⁷Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”

⁸The 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.^{r 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.”

¹⁰When 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.^{s 11}I say to you that many will come from the east and the west,^t and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.^{u 12}But the subjects of the kingdom^v will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”^w

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