Matthew 8:1-13 ▼

1 When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.

2 And a leper came to Him and bowed down before Him, and said, |Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.|

3 Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, |I am willing; be cleansed.| And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

4 And Jesus said to him, |See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.|

5 And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, imploring Him,

6 and saying, |Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, fearfully tormented.|

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

8 But the centurion said, |Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

9 |For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and 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 Now when Jesus heard [this], He marveled and said to those who were following, |Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel.

11 |I say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline [at the table] with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven;

12 but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.|

13 And Jesus said to the centurion, |Go; it shall be done for you as you have believed.| And the servant was healed that [very] moment.