Matthew 8:1-13 ▼

1 NOW when he descended from the mount, great multitudes followed him.

2 And lo! a leper came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

3 And stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And instantly the leprosy was cleansed.

4 And Jesus said to him, See thou tell no man; but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them.

5 Then as Jesus was entering into Capernaum, there met him a centurion, intreating him,

6 and saying, My servant is lying in the house paralytic, terribly tormented with pain.

7 And Jesus said unto him, I will come and heal him.

8 And the centurion said, I am not a fit person, that thou shouldest come under my roof: but only speak a word, and my servant be cured.

9 For I also am a man under authority, having under my command soldiers and I say to this soldier, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

10 And Jesus hearing him, marvelled, and said to those who were following, Verily I say unto you, not even in Israel have I found so great faith.

11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and from the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast into the outer darkness: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

13 And Jesus said to the centurion, Go; and as thou hast believed, be it to thee. And his servant was cured at that very hour.