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(1) When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
(2) And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. (3) And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. (4) And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. (5) And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, (6) And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. (7) And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. (8) The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. (9) For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. (10) When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. (11) And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. (12) But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (13) And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. (14) And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. (15) And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. (16) When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: (17) That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. (18) Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. (19) And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. (20) And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. (21) And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. (22) But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. (23) And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. (24) And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. (25) And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. (26) And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. (27) But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! (28) And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. (29) And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? (30) And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. (31) So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. (32) And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. (33) And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. (34) And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts. Study Questions2. Do you see any indication of faith on the part of the leper? Verse 2. 3. Why do you think the words “clean” and “cleansed” are used with reference to the healing of the leper? Verses 2-3. 4. Why did Jesus tell the leper to “show thyself to the priest”? Verse 4. 5. How do we account for the fact that Matthew seems to picture the centurion personally coming to Jesus, but the parallel account in Luke 7:1-10 does not? Verse 5. 6. What would be the modern term for the servant’s affliction? Verse 6. 7. Why do you think the centurion considered himself unworthy for Jesus to come under his roof? Verses 7-8. 8. What argument did the centurion use to persuade Jesus to “speak the word only”? Verse 9. 9. What caused Jesus to marvel at the statement of the centurion? Verse 10. 10. In this prophetic statement, who were those from “the east and west,” and who were “the children of the kingdom,” and why were the latter to be cast out? Verses 11-12. 11. Did Jesus have to see or touch the servant to heal him? Verse 13. 12. Why would this passage indicate that Peter was not the first pope? Verse 14. 13. What is a convincing argument that Peter’s mother-in-law was completely healed? Verse 15. 14. Why do you think the ones with sick people waited until even (sundown)? Verses 16-17. (See Mark 1:21 and Mark 1:32-34) 15. Why did Jesus wish “to depart unto the other side” (of Lake Galilee)? Verse 18. 16. Why did Jesus answer the “certain scribe” as He did? Verses 19-20. 17. Why did Jesus answer His disciple as He did? Isn’t it impossible for a dead person to bury the dead? Verses 21-22. 18. Where are the parallel accounts of this incident found? Give book, chapter, and verse. Verses 23-27. 19. Why do you think Jesus was asleep? Verse 24. 20. Why should the disciples have not been frightened? Verse 26. 21. How is it that Matthew speaks of two men, while Mark and Luke speak of only one? Verse 28. (See Mark 5:1-21 and Luke 8:26-40) 22. What do you think the devils (demons) referred to by the phrase, “torment us before the time”? Verse 29. 23. Why did the demons ask Jesus’ permission to enter the swine? Verses 30-32. 24. Why do you think the Gergesenes asked Jesus to “depart out of their coasts”? Verses 33-34. Comments are closed.
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