1When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. 2And behold, a leper came and knelt before him, saying, »Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.« 3Then Jesus put out his hand and touched him, saying, »I am willing; be clean.« Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4And Jesus said to him, »See that you tell no one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.« 5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help, 6and saying, »Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress.« 7And Jesus said to him, »I will come and heal him.« 8But the centurion answered him, »Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But only say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9For 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 servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.« 10When Jesus heard him, he marveled, and said to those who followed him, »Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith. 11I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.« 13Then to the centurion Jesus said, »Go; be it done for you as you have believed.« And his servant was healed at that very hour. 14When Jesus come into Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. 15He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and served him. 16When evening had come, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed. And he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick. 17This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: »He took up our infirmitiesand bore our diseases.« 18Now when Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side. 19Then a certain scribe came and said to him, »Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.« 20And Jesus said to him, »Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.« 21Another of the disciples said to him, »Lord, let me first go and bury my father.« 22But Jesus said to him, »Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.« 23And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. 24And behold, a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But he was asleep. 25The disciples went and woke him, saying, »Lord, save us! We are perishing!« 26And he said to them, »Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?« Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. 27And the men marveled, saying, »What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?« 28When he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass that way. 29And behold, they cried out, »What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?« 30Now a herd of many swine was feeding at some distance from them. 31And the demons begged him, »If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.« 32And he said to them, »Go.« So they came out and went into the swine; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the water. 33Then those who kept them fled, and they went away into the city and told everything, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. 34And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.