Large
crowds followed Jesus as he came down the mountainside. Suddenly, a man with
leprosy approached him and knelt before him. “Lord,” the man said, “if you
are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.”
Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am
willing,” he said. “Be healed!”And instantly the leprosy
disappeared. Then Jesus said to him, “Don’t tell anyone about this.
Instead, go to the priest and let him examine you. Take along the offering
required in the law of Moses for those who have been healed of leprosy. This
will be a public testimony that you have been cleansed.”
When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer came and
pleaded with him, “Lord, my young servant lies in bed, paralyzed and
in terrible pain.”
Jesus said, “I will come and heal him.”
But the officer said, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come
into my home. Just say the word from where you are, and my servant will be
healed. I know this because I am under the authority of my superior
officers, and I have authority over my soldiers. I only need to say, ‘Go,’ and
they go, or ‘Come,’ and they come. And if I say to my slaves, ‘Do this,’ they
do it.”
When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turning to those who were
following him, he said, “I tell you the truth, I haven’t seen faith like this
in all Israel! And I tell you this, that many Gentiles will come
from all over the world—from east and west—and sit down with Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven. But many Israelites—those
for whom the Kingdom was prepared—will be thrown into outer darkness, where
there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Then Jesus said to the Roman officer, “Go back home.
Because you believed, it has happened.” And the young servant was healed
that same hour.
When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, Peter’s mother-in-law was
sick in bed with a high fever. But when Jesus touched her hand,
the fever left her. Then she got up and prepared a meal for him.
That evening many demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus.
He cast out the evil spirits with a simple command, and he healed
all the sick. This fulfilled the word of the Lord through the prophet
Isaiah, who said,
“He took
our sicknesses and removed our diseases.”
~ Source : Matthew 8:1-17
[Holy Bible -NLT] taken from https://www.biblegateway.com
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