Matthew 8:1-11 ▼

1 After he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.

2 And a leper approached, and bowed low before him, saying, |Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.|

3 He stretched out his hand and touched him saying, |I am willing. Be clean!| Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

4 Then Jesus said to him, |See that you do not speak to anyone, but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.|

5 When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him asking for help:

6 Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish.|

7 Jesus said to him, |I will come and heal him.|

8 But the centurion replied, |Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. Instead, just say the word and my servant will be healed.

9 For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, 'Go' and he goes, and to another 'Come' and he comes, and to my slave 'Do this' and he does it.|

10 When Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, |I tell you the truth, I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel!

11 I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,