New Testament · Easy read · Matthew
Matthew 8
1And when He had come down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.
2And behold, a leper came and was worshiping Him, saying: "Lord, if You are willing, You are able to make me clean."
3And stretching out His hand, Yeshua touched him, saying: "I am willing — be cleansed" — and immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
4And Yeshua said to him: "See that you tell no one, but go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
5And as He entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, urging Him
6and saying: "Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, terribly tormented."
7And Yeshua said to him: "I will come and heal him."
8The centurion answered and said: "Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but only speak a 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 slave, 'Do this!' and he does it."
10When Yeshua heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following: "Truly I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such great faith.
11And I say to you that many will come from east and west and will recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens,
12but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness — in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
13And Yeshua said to the centurion: "Go; let it be done to you as you believed" — and the servant was healed at that hour.
14And coming into Peter's house, Yeshua saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.
15And He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and was serving Him.
16When afternoon came, they brought to Him many evil spirit-possessed, and He cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were ill —
17so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: "He Himself took our weaknesses and carried our diseases."
18Now when Yeshua saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to depart to the other side.
19And a scribe came and said to Him: "Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go."
20And Yeshua said to him: "The foxes have holes and the birds of heaven have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."
21And another of the disciples said to Him: "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father."
22But Yeshua said to him: "Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead."
23And when He had gotten into the boat, His disciples followed Him.
24And behold, a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves, but He was sleeping.
25And the disciples came and woke Him, saying: "Lord, save us — we are perishing!"
26And He said to them: "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then getting up, He rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
27The people marveled, saying: "What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?"
28And when He had come to the other side to the region of the Gergesenes, two evil spirit-possessed men coming out of the tombs met Him — they were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that road.
29And behold, they cried out, saying: "What do we have to do with You, Yeshua, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the appointed time?"
30Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding at a distance from them.
31The evil spirits were begging Him, saying: "If You cast us out, send us into the herd of pigs."
32And He said to them: "Go!" And they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.
33The herdsmen fled and went to the city and reported everything, including what had happened to the evil spirit-possessed men.
34And behold, all the city came out to meet Yeshua; and when they saw Him, they urged Him to leave their region.