1 When he came down from the mountain,dch. 4:25 great crowds followed him. 2 eFor ver. 2-4, see Mark 1:40-44; Luke 5:12-14 And behold, a leper came to him andf[ch. 18:26; Acts 10:25] knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean. ” 3 And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean. ” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Jesus said to him, gch. 9:30; 17:9; Mark 1:34; 5:43; 7:36; 8:26; See ch. 12:16 “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go,hLuke 17:14 show yourself to the priest andiLev. 14:2-32 offer the gift that Moses commanded,jch. 10:18; 24:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5; James 5:3 for a proof to them. ”
5 kFor ver. 5-13, see Luke 7:1-10 When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, 6 “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly. ” 7 And he said to him, “I will come and heal him. ” 8 But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, butlPs. 107:20; [ver. 16] only say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go, ’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come, ’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this, ’ and he does it. ” 10 When Jesus heard this,m[Mark 6:6] he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, withnSee ch. 9:2 no one in Israel have I found such faith. 11 I tell you,oLuke 13:29; Eph. 3:6; [Isa. 59:19; Mal. 1:11] many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, 12 pLuke 13:28; [ch. 19:30; 21:41, 43] while the sons of the kingdomqch. 22:13; 25:30 will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that placerch. 13:42, 50; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30; Luke 13:28 there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ” 13 And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for yousch. 9:29 as you have believed. ” tJohn 4:53; [ch. 9:22] And the servant was healed at that very moment.
14 uFor ver. 14-16, see Mark 1:29-34; Luke 4:38-41 And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he sawv1 Cor. 9:5 his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. 15 Hew[ch. 9:25] touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. 16 That evening they brought to him many who werexver. 28, 33; See ch. 4:24 oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spiritsy[ver. 8] with a word and healed all who were sick. 17 zSee ch. 1:22 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:aCited from Isa. 53:4 “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases. ”
18 Nowb[ch. 14:22; John 6:15-17] when Jesus saw a great crowd around him,cMark 4:35; Luke 8:22 he gave orders to go over to the other side. 19 dFor ver. 19-22, see Luke 9:57-60 And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go. ” 20 And 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. ” 21 Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father. ” 22 And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leavee[John 5:25] the dead to bury their own dead. ”
23 fFor ver. 23-27, see Mark 4:36-41; Luke 8:22-25; [John 6:16-21] And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. 24 And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; butg[John 4:6, 7] he was asleep. 25 And they went and woke him, saying,h[ch. 14:30] “Save us, Lord; we are perishing. ” 26 And he said to them, “Why are youiJohn 14:27 afraid,jSee ch. 6:30 O you of little faith? ” Then he rose andkPs. 104:6, 7; [Luke 4:39] rebuked the winds and the sea, andlJob 38:11; Ps. 65:7; [ch. 14:32] there was a great calm. 27 And the menm[Mark 1:27] marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that evenn[Luke 5:9] winds and sea obey him? ”
28 oFor ch. 8:28–9:1, see Mark 5:1-21; Luke 8:26-40 And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, twopver. 16; [Rev. 18:2] demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. 29 And behold, theyqMark 1:23, 24, 26; Luke 4:34; Acts 8:7 cried out, “What have you to do with us,r[ch. 4:3, 6]; See ch. 14:33 O Son of God? Have you come here to torment uss[Rev. 12:12] before the time? ” 30 Now a herd of many pigs was feeding at some distance from them. 31 And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs. ” 32 And he said to them, “Go. ” So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters. 33 The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, especially what had happened to thetver. 16 demon-possessed men. 34 And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him,u[1 Kgs. 17:18; Luke 5:8; Acts 16:39] they begged him to leave their region.