Matthew

Heals a Leper

When Jesus descended from the mountain, a large crowd followed him.

Then a leper stepped forward. He knelt before him and said:

“Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean.”

Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said:

“I will do it. Be made clean.”

At that very moment, the man was healed of his leprosy.

Then Jesus said to him:

“See that you do not tell anyone, but go to the priest, have yourself declared clean, and offer the gift that Moses commanded as evidence for them.”

Heals a Centurion’s Servant

When Jesus arrived in Capernaum, an army captain came to him seeking his help:

Sir, my servant is sick at home. He is paralyzed and suffering terribly.

Jesus told him: “I will come and heal him.”

The captain answered:

“I am not worthy to have you under my roof. Just give an order, and my boy will be healed.

For I, a junior officer, give orders to my soldiers. And if I say to one, ‘Go!’ he goes; and if I say to another, ‘Come!’ he comes; and if I say to my servant, ‘Do this!’ he does it.”

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him:

“I tell you; I have not found such faith in Israel.

I tell you; many will come from the east and the west and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the kingdom of heaven;

but the heirs of the kingdom will be thrown out into utter darkness, where they will wail and grind their teeth.”

Then Jesus said to the captain:

“Go home now. As you believed, so let it be.”

And at that moment, his servant was healed.

Heals and Exorcises Around the House

Jesus went to Peter’s house and found his mother-in-law in bed with a fever.

He touched her hand, and the fever left her; she got up and waited on him.

Later in the evening, they brought many people possessed by evil spirits to Jesus, and with a word, he cast out the spirits. He also healed all who were sick.

In this way, what the prophet Isaiah said was fulfilled:

He bore our infirmities

and took on himself our diseases.

Requirements of Discipleship

When Jesus saw the crowd gathering around him, he instructed his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake.

A teacher of the law came up to him and said:

“Master, I will follow you wherever you go.”

Jesus said to him:

“Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

Another disciple said to him:

“LORD, let me go and bury my father first.”

But Jesus said to him:

“Follow me and let the dead bury their dead.

Calming a Storm

Jesus stepped into the boat, and his disciples followed him.

Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, causing waves to crash over the boat. But Jesus was asleep.

The disciples woke him up and cried:

“LORD save us! We are lost!”

But Jesus answered:

“Why are you so afraid, you of little faith?”

Then he stood up, rebuked the wind and sea, and it became completely calm.

The disciples were amazed. They asked:

“What kind of man is he? Even the winds and the sea obey him.”

Exorcism in Gadara

When Jesus arrived at Gadara on the other side, he was met by two men possessed by demons, who came out of the tombs. They were so aggressive that no one dared to pass that way.

They shouted:

“Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

Nearby, a large herd of pigs was feeding.

So the demons begged him:

“If you drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”

Jesus commanded them:

“Go then!”

The demons left the men and entered the pigs. The entire herd then rushed off the cliff into the lake and drowned.

The men responsible for the pigs ran to town, where they told the whole story and also what had happened to the men possessed by the demons.

The entire town came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their area.