Matthew 8
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1WHEN he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him. 2And behold a leper came and worshipped him, and said, My Lord, if you wish, you can cleanse me. 3And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and he said, I do wish, be cleansed. And in that hour his leprosy was cleansed. 4Jesus then said to him, Look here, why are you telling it to men? go first and show yourself to the priests, and offer an offering as Moses has commanded, for a testimonial to them.

5When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him, and appealed to him, 6Saying, My Lord, my boy is lying in the house, paralyzed, and suffering greatly. 7Jesus said to him, I will come and heal him. 8The centurion then answered and said, My Lord, I am not good enough that you should enter under the shadow of my roof; but just say a word, and my boy will be healed. 9For I am also a man in government service, and there are soldiers under my command; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to the other, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it. 10When Jesus heard it, he was amazed, and he said to those who accompanied him, Truly I say to you, that not even in Israel have I found such faith as this. 11And I say to you, that a great many will come from the east and from the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12But the sons of the kingdom will be put out in the outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 13So Jesus said to the centurion, Go, let it be done to you according to your belief. And his boy was healed in that very hour.

14And Jesus came to the Simon’s house, and he saw his mother-in-law laid up and sick with fever. 15And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and waited on them. 16Now when evening came, they brought to him a great many lunatics, and he cured them just by a word; and he healed all who were badly afflicted. 17So that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, might be fulfilled, who said, He will take our afflictions and bear our sickness.

18When Jesus saw large crowds surrounding him, he gave orders to go to the crossing place. 19And a scribe drew near and said to him, O my teacher, I will follow you wherever you go. 20Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the sky a sheltering place, but the Son of man has no place even to lay his head. 21Another of his disciples said to him, My Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father. 22But Jesus said to him, Come after me, and let the dead bury their own dead.

23And when Jesus went up into the boat, his disciples went with him. 24And behold the sea became very rough, so that the boat was almost covered by the waves; but Jesus was asleep. 25And his disciples came near and woke him up, and said to him, Our Lord, save us, we are perishing. 26Jesus said to them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then he got up and rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm. 27But the men were surprised, saying, Who is this man, that even the winds and the sea obey him?

28And when Jesus came to the port on the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, he was met by two lunatics, who were just coming out of the cemetery. They were exceedingly vicious so that noman would dare to pass by that road. 29And they cried aloud saying, What business have we together, Jesus, “son of God”? Have you come here to torment us before the time? 30Now there was near by them a large herd of swine feeding. 31And the lunatics kept asking him, saying, If you are going to heal us, permit us to attack # the herd of swine. 32Jesus said to them, Go. And immediately they left and attacked the swine, and the whole herd went straight over the cliff, and fell into the sea, and were drowned in the water. 33And they who fed them ran away and went to the city, and reported everything that happened, and about the lunatics. 34So all the city went out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they urged him to depart from their borders.


Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. Lamsa (1933)

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