VIII. When he had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 2And, behold, there came a leper and bowed down to him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me. 3And stretching forth his hand, he touched him, saying: I will; be thou cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4And Jesus says to him: See thou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
5And as he entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him, 6and saying: Lord, my servant lies at home palsied, grievously tormented. 7And Jesus says to him: I will come and heal him. 8The centurion answered and said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof; but only say in a word, and my servant will be healed. 9For I am a man under authority, having 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. 10And Jesus hearing it marveled, and said to those who followed: Verily I say to you, I found not so great faith, even in Israel. 11And I say to you, that many will come from the east and west, and will recline at table, with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven; 12but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth! 13And Jesus said to the centurion: Go thy way; and as thou didst believe, be it done to thee. And his servant was healed in that hour.
14And Jesus, coming into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law lying, and sick with fever. 15And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and ministered to him. 16When evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with demons; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick; 17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses.
18And Jesus, seeing great multitudes about him, commanded to depart to the other side. 19And a certain scribe came, and said to him: Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 20And Jesus says to him: The foxes have holes and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head. 21And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 22But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.
23And when he had entered into the ship, his disciples followed him. 24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but he was sleeping. 25And the disciples came and awoke him, saying: Lord, save us; we perish. 26And he says to them: Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith? Then rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27And the men marveled, saying: What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
28And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes[28], there met him two possessed with demons, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one was able to pass by that way. 29And, behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Son of God? Camest thou hither to torment us before the time? 30And there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding. And the demons besought him, saying: 31If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine. 32And he said to them, Go. And they, coming out, went away into the swine; and, behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and perished in the waters. 33And the herdsmen fled, and went away into the city, and told every thing, and what had befallen the possessed with demons. 34And, behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus; and seeing him, they besought that he would depart from their borders.
IX. And entering into the ship he passed over, and came to his own city. 2And, behold, they brought to him one that was palsied, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the palsied man: Child, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven. 3And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves: This man blasphemes. 4And Jesus knowing their thoughts said: Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? 5For which is easier, to say: Thy sins are forgiven; or to say: Arise, and walk? 6But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (then says he to the palsied man) Arise, take up thy bed, and go to thy house. 7And rising up he departed to his house. 8And seeing it the multitudes feared, and glorified God, who gave such power to men.
9And Jesus, passing on from thence, saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the place of receiving custom; and he says to him: Follow me. And he rose up and followed him. 10And it came to pass that, as he reclined at table in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined at table with Jesus and his disciples. 11And the Pharisees, seeing it, said to his disciples: Why does your teacher eat with the publicans and the sinners? 12And Jesus hearing it, said: They who are well need not a physician, but they who are sick. 13But go, and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice; for I came not to call righteous men, but sinners.
14Then come to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples fast not? 15And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn[15], so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast. 16And no one puts a piece of unfulled cloth on an old garment; for that which fills it up takes from the garment, and a worse rent is made. 17Nor do they put new wine into old skins; else the skins burst, and the wine runs out, and the skins are destroyed. But they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.
18While he was speaking these things to them, behold, there came a ruler, and bowed down to him, saying: My daughter just now died; but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she will live. 19And Jesus arose and was following him, he and his disciples. 20And behold, a woman, having a flow of blood twelve years, came behind, and touched the fringe of his garment. 21For she said within herself: If I only touch his garment, I shall be made whole. 22And Jesus, turning and seeing her, said: Daughter, be of good cheer; thy faith has made thee whole. 23And the woman was made whole from that hour. And Jesus, coming into the house of the ruler, and seeing the minstrels and the crowd making a noise, 24said: Give place; for the maiden is not dead, but is sleeping. And they laughed him to scorn. 25But when the crowd was put forth, he went in, and took hold of her hand, and the maiden arose. 26And this report went abroad into all that land.