1When Jesus came down from the hill, many people followed him. 2A man who had leprosy a bad skin disease came and kneeled in front of Jesus and worshipped him. He said to Jesus, Sir, I know you can heal me if you want to. 3Jesus put out his hand and touched him. He said, I want to. Be healed. Right away his leprosy was healed. 4Jesus said to him, Do not tell anyone about this. But go and let the priest look at you. Moses gave a law about the sacrifice you must give when you are healed. Give it, to prove to people you are healed. 5When Jesus came to the town of Capernaum, a Roman army officer came to ask him for help. 6He said, Sir, one of my servants is in bed at my house. He cannot move and has much pain. 7Jesus said, I will come and heal him. 8The officer said, Sir, I am not good enough to have you come into my house. Just say the word and my servant will be healed. 9I myself am a man who takes orders, and I have soldiers who take orders from me. I say to one, "Go," and he goes. I say to another one, "Come," and he comes. I say to my servant, "Do this," and he does it. 10Jesus was surprised when he heard this. He said to the people who followed him, I tell you the truth. I have not found any Jew who believes as this man does. 11I tell you, many people will come from the east and from the west. They will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12But those who were born in the kingdom will be put into the darkness outside. There they will cry and make noises with their teeth. 13Jesus said to the officer, Go home. What you have believed, will be done. At that very same time the officers servant was healed. 14Jesus went into Peters house. There he saw the mother of Peters wife in bed, sick with fever. 15Jesus took hold of her hand and the fever left her. She got up and began to do things for Jesus. 16That evening, many people who had bad spirits were brought to Jesus. He spoke to the bad spirits and drove them out. And he healed all the people who were sick. 17What the prophet Isaiah said came true. He said, He took away the things that made us weak. He took away the things that made us sick. 18Jesus saw many people around him. So he said, Let us cross over to the other side of the sea. 19A scribe came and said to him, Teacher, I will go anywhere you go. 20Jesus said, Foxes have holes to live in. Birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to lie down to rest. 21Another man who was a follower of Jesus, said to Jesus, Lord, let me go first and bury my father. 22But Jesus said to him, Come with me. Let those who are dead bury their own dead people. 23Jesus got in the boat and his disciples got in with him. 24A bad storm came on the sea. The waves were high. Water came into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25The disciples came to Jesus and woke him. Lord, save us! they shouted. We will die! 26Jesus said to them, Why do you fear? You do not believe in God very much! Then Jesus got up. He said to the winds and the sea, Stop! Then all was quiet. 27The disciples were surprised. They said What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him. 28Jesus came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarene people. There were graves in that place. Two men came from among the graves to meet him. They had bad spirits in them. They were so bad and strong that people feared to pass that way. 29They shouted, Jesus, Son of God, what do you want to do to us? Have you come here to punish us before it is our time? 30Many pigs were eating in a place far from them. 31The bad spirits begged Jesus, If you drive us out of these men, let us go into the pigs. 32Jesus said, Go! The spirits came out of the men and went into the pigs. All the pigs ran fast down the steep hill into the sea. They died in the water. 33The men who cared for the pigs ran to the town. They told everything and what had happened to the men who had the bad spirits. 34All the people in the town came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to go away out of their country