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.
(14)And when Jesus was come into the house of Peter, he saw his
mother-in-law laid on a bed, and in a fever. (15)And he touched her
hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and waited upon them.
(16)And when evening was come, they brought him many possessed by
devils: and he cast out the spirits by a word, and all who had
illnesses he cured: (17)that it might be fulfilled what was spoken by
the prophet, "Himself he took our infirmities, and bore our diseases."
(18)Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave orders to
pass to the other side. (19)And a certain scribe came, and said unto
him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. (20)And Jesus
said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have
nests; but the Son of man hath not where he can lay his head. (21)And
another of his disciples said unto him, Permit me first to go and bury
my father. (22)And Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead
bury their own dead.
(23)And going on board a vessel, his disciples followed him. (24)And,
behold, there was a great tempest in the sea, so that the vessel was
hid by the waves; but he was asleep. (25)And his disciples coming,
awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we are perishing! (26)And he said
unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then arising, he
issued his mandate to the winds, and to the sea; and there was a great
calm. (27)And the men marvelled, saying, What a wondrous man is this,
that even the winds and the sea obey him! (28)And when he came to the
other side, into the region of the Girgasenes, there met him two
demoniacs, coming from the sepulchres; exceeding fierce, so that no
person was able to pass by that road. (29)And lo! they cried out,
saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou
come hither before the time to torment us? (30)And at a considerable
distance, there was a great herd of swine feeding. (31)Then the devils
besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, permit us to go into the
herd of swine. (32)And he said to them, Go. Then they going forth out
_of him_, entered into the herd of swine: and lo! the whole herd of the
swine rushed down a precipice into the sea, and perished in the waters.
(33)But they who fed them fled, and going away into the city, reported
all things, and what had happened to the demoniacs. (34)And, behold,
all the city came out to meet him: and when they saw him, they besought
him to depart from their territories.