The Leper’s Prayer
(Leviticus 14:1–32; Mark 1:40–45; Luke 5:12–16)

1And on His having come down from the mountain, many crowds followed Him. 2And behold, a leper,† having come, was kneeling down to Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You are able to cleanse me.”

3And having stretched out the hand, He touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

4And Jesus says to him, “See that you tell no one. But go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”†

The Faith of the Centurion
(Luke 7:1–10; John 4:43–54)

5And on His having entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, imploring Him 6and saying, “Lord, my servant† is laid in the house a paralytic, terribly tormented.”

7And He says to him, “I, having gone, will heal him.”

8But answering, the centurion said, “Lord, I am not fit that You should enter under my roof; but only say a word, and my servant will be healed. 9For I also 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 having heard, Jesus marveled and said to those following, “Truly I say to you⁺, with no one in Israel did I find such great faith.† 11And I say to you⁺ that many will come from east and west and will recline 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—there will be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.”

13And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you believed, let it be to you.” And his servant† was healed in that very hour.

Jesus Heals at Peter’s House
(Mark 1:29–34; Luke 4:38–41)

14And Jesus, having come to the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law laid and having a fever. 15And He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose and was serving Him.†

16And evening having come, they brought to Him many being possessed by demons, and He cast out the spirits with a word and healed all those being ill, 17so that it might be fulfilled, that having been spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying:

“He Himself took our infirmities,

and carried the diseases.Ӡ

The Cost of Discipleship
(Luke 9:57–62; Luke 14:25–33; John 6:59–66)

18And Jesus, having seen a great crowd† around Him, commanded to go away to the other side.† 19And having come, one scribe said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You may go.”

20And Jesus says to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere He might lay the head.”

21And another of His disciples† said to Him, “Lord, allow me first to go away and to bury my father.”

22But Jesus says to him, “Follow Me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

Jesus Calms the Storm
(Psalm 107:1–43; Mark 4:35–41; Luke 8:22–25)

23And on His having entered into the boat, His disciples followed Him. 24And behold, a great storm arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves; but He Himself was sleeping. 25And having come, they awoke† Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”

26And He says to them, “Why are you⁺ afraid, O little of faith?” Then, having arisen, He rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

27And the men marveled, saying, “What kind is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

The Demons and the Pigs
(Mark 5:1–20; Luke 8:26–39)

28And on His having come to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes,† two men being possessed by demons met Him, coming out of the tombs, extremely violent, so as for no one to have strength to pass by that way.

29And behold, they cried out, saying, “What to us and to You, Son† of God? Did You come here to torment us before the time?”

30Now there was far off from them a herd of many pigs feeding. 31And the demons were imploring Him, saying, “If You cast us out, send us away into† the herd of pigs.”

32And He said to them, “Go!” And having gone out, they went away into the pigs,† and behold, all the herd† rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.

33And those feeding them fled, and having gone away into the city, they related everything, and the matter of those being possessed by demons. 34And behold, all the city went out to meet Jesus. And having seen Him, they implored Him that He might depart from their borders.

Footnotes:

2 A leper was one afflicted with a skin disease. See Leviticus 13.
4 See Leviticus 14:1–32.
6 Or child; also in verses 8 and 13
9 WH set under
10 BYZ and TR Truly I say to you, in Israel I did not find such great faith
13 SBL, TH, WH the servant
15 TR them
17 Isaiah 53:4
18 SBL, BYZ, and TR great crowds
18 Or to the other side of the sea, that is, the Sea of Galilee
21 F35, SBL, TH, WH the disciples
25 BYZ and TR the disciples awoke; GOC and TR His disciples awoke
28 BYZ, TR, and GOC Gergesenes; other manuscripts Gerasenes
29 BYZ and TR Jesus, Son
31 BYZ and TR permit us to go away into
32 BYZ and TR the herd of pigs
32 BYZ and TR all the herd of pigs