Matthew 8 - Lexham English Bible (LEB)

A Leper Cleansed

8 And when^[a] he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him. ² And behold, a leper approached and^[b] worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you are able to make me clean.” ³ And extending his hand he touched him, saying, “I am willing, be clean.” 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 offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”

A Centurion’s Slave Healed

⁵ Now when^[c] he entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him, appealing to him ⁶ and saying, “Lord, my slave^[d] is lying paralyzed in my^[e] house, terribly tormented!” ⁷ And he said to him, “I will come and^[f] heal him.” ⁸ And the centurion answered and^[g] said, “Lord, I am not worthy that you should come in under my roof. But only say the word and my slave will be healed. ⁹ For I also am a man under authority who has soldiers under me, and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another one, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it^[h].”

¹⁰ Now when^[i] Jesus heard this,^[j] he was astonished, and said to those who were following him,^[k] “Truly I say to you, I have found such great faith with no one in Israel. ¹¹ But I say to you that many will come from east and west and be seated at the banquet^[l] with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. ¹² But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!” ¹³ And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go, as you have believed it will be done for you.” And the slave^[m] was healed at that hour.

Many at Capernaum Are Healed

¹⁴ And when^[n] Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down and suffering with a fever. ¹⁵ And he touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve him.

¹⁶ Now when it^[o] was evening, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed, and he expelled the spirits with a word. And he healed all those who were sick,^{[p] 17} in order that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled, who said,

“He himself took away our sicknesses,
and carried away our diseases.”^[q]

Would-be Followers

¹⁸ Now when^[r] Jesus saw many crowds^[s] around him, he gave orders to depart to the other side.^{[t] 19} And a scribe approached and^[u] said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go!” ²⁰ And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” ²¹ And another of the disciples^[v] said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.” ²² But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead!”

Calming of a Storm

²³ And as^[w] he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. ²⁴ And behold, a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being inundated by the waves, but he himself was asleep. ²⁵ And they came and^[x] woke him, saying, “Lord, save us!^[y] We are perishing!” ²⁶ And he said to them, “Why are you fearful, you of little faith?” Then he got up and^[z] rebuked the winds and the sea and there was a great calm. ²⁷ And the men were astonished, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?”

Demon-possessed Gadarenes Healed

²⁸ And when^[aa] he came to the other side,^[ab] to the region of the Gadarenes,^[ac] two demon-possessed men coming from among the tombs met him, very violent, so that no one was able to pass by along that road. ²⁹ And behold, they cried out, saying, “What do you have to do with us,^[ad] Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”^{[ae] 30} Now a long way from them a large herd of pigs was feeding. ³¹ So the demons implored him, saying, “If you are going to expel us, send us into the herd of pigs.” ³² And he said to them, “Go!” So they departed and^[af] went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and drowned in the water. ³³ Now the herdsmen fled and went into the town and^[ag] reported everything, including the things concerning the demon-possessed men. ³⁴ And behold, the whole town came out to meet Jesus, and when they^[ah] saw him, they implored him^[ai] that he would depart from their region.

Footnotes

1. Matthew 8:1 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“came down”)
2. Matthew 8:2 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“approached”) has been translated as a finite verb
3. Matthew 8:5 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“entered”)
4. Matthew 8:6 Traditionally “servant”; the Greek term here is one often used of a slave who was regarded with some degree of affection, possibly a personal servant (the parallel passage in Luke 7:7 uses the more common term for slave)
5. Matthew 8:6 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
6. Matthew 8:7 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“come”) has been translated as a finite verb
7. Matthew 8:8 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
8. Matthew 8:9 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation (see the parallel in Luke 7:8).
9. Matthew 8:10 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
10. Matthew 8:10 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
11. Matthew 8:10 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
12. Matthew 8:11 Literally “recline at table”
13. Matthew 8:13 Many later manuscripts have “his slave”
14. Matthew 8:14 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
15. Matthew 8:16 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
16. Matthew 8:16 Literally “those who were having badly”
17. Matthew 8:17 A quotation from Isa 53:4
18. Matthew 8:18 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
19. Matthew 8:18 Some manuscripts have “a crowd”
20. Matthew 8:18 That is, the other side of the Sea of Galilee
21. Matthew 8:19 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“approached”) has been translated as a finite verb
22. Matthew 8:21 Some manuscripts have “of his disciples”
23. Matthew 8:23 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“got”) which is understood as temporal
24. Matthew 8:25 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came”) has been translated as a finite verb
25. Matthew 8:25 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
26. Matthew 8:26 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“got up”) has been translated as a finite verb
27. Matthew 8:28 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“came”)
28. Matthew 8:28 That is, the other side of the Sea of Galilee
29. Matthew 8:28 Many manuscripts read “Gergesenes”; others read “Gerasenes” (see Luke 8:26)
30. Matthew 8:29 Literally “what to us and to you”
31. Matthew 8:29 That is, before the appointed time of judgment
32. Matthew 8:32 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“departed”) has been translated as a finite verb
33. Matthew 8:33 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went”) has been translated as a finite verb
34. Matthew 8:34 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
35. Matthew 8:34 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation