Matthew 8
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The Leper’s Prayer
(Leviticus 14:1–32; Mark 1:40–45; Luke 5:12–16)

1When he was come downe fro the mountayne, great multitudes folowed hym. 2And beholde, there came a leper, and worshipped hym, saying: Lorde, yf thou wylt, thou canst make me cleane. 3And Iesus put foorth his hande, and touched hym, saying: I wyll, be thou cleane. And immediatlye his leprosie was clensed. 4And Iesus sayth vnto hym: See thou tell no man, but go, and shewe thy selfe to the priest, and offer the gift that Moyses commaunded, for a witnes vnto them.

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

5And when Iesus was entred into Capernaum, there came vnto hym a Centurion, besechyng hym. 6And saying: Lorde, my seruaunt lyeth at home sicke of the paulsie, greeuously payned. 7And Iesus sayth. When I come, I wyll heale hym. 8The Centurion aunswered, & sayde: Lorde, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come vnder my roofe: but speake the worde only, & my seruaunt shalbe healed. 9For I also my selfe am vnder aucthoritie, and haue souldiers vnder me: and I say to this man go, and he goeth: and to another, come, and he commeth: and to my seruaunt, do this, and he doth it. 10When Iesus hearde him, he marueyled, & sayde to them that folowed him: Ueryly I say vnto you, I haue not founde so great fayth in Israel. 11I say vnto you, that many shall come from the east and west, and shall rest with Abraham, and Isaac, & Iacob, in the kyngdome of heauen. 12But the chyldren of the kyngdome shalbe caste out, into vtter darcknesse: there shalbe wepyng, and gnashyng of teeth. 13And Iesus sayde vnto the Centurion: Go thy way, and as thou hast beleued, so be it vnto thee. And his seruaunt was healed, in the selfe same houre.

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

14And when Iesus was come into Peters house, he sawe his wyues mother layed, and sicke of a feuer. 15And he touched her hande, and the feuer left her, and she arose, and ministred vnto them. 16When the euen was come, they brought vnto hym many, that were possessed with deuyls, and he cast out the spirites with a worde, and healed all that were sicke. 17That it myght be fulfylled, which was spoken by Esayas the prophete, saying: He toke on hym our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

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

18When Iesus sawe great multitudes about hym, he commaunded that they shoulde go ouer the water. 19And a certayne Scribe came, & sayde vnto hym: Maister, I wyll folowe thee, whyther soeuer thou goest. 20And Iesus sayth vnto hym. The foxes haue holes, and the birdes of the ayre haue nestes: but the sonne of man, hath not where to rest his head. 21And another, of the number of his disciples, sayde vnto hym: Lorde, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 22But Iesus sayde vnto hym: Folowe me, and let the dead bury theyr dead.

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

23And when he entred into a shippe, his disciples folowed hym: 24And beholde, there arose a great tempest in the sea, in so much that the shippe was couered with waues: but he was a slepe. 25And his disciples came to hym, and awoke hym, saying: Lorde saue vs, we peryshe. 26And he sayth vnto them: Why are ye fearefull, O ye of litle fayth? Then he arose, and rebuked the windes, and the sea: and there folowed a great calme. 27But the men marueyled, saying: What maner of man is this, that both wyndes and sea obey hym?

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

28And when he was come to the other syde, into the countrey of the Gergesenes, there met hym two, possessed with deuyls, which came out of the graues, and were very fierce, so that no man myght go by that way. 29And beholde, they cryed out, saying: O Iesu, thou sonne of God, what haue we to do with thee? Art thou come hyther, to torment vs before the tyme? 30And there was, a good way of from them, a hearde of many swyne, feedyng. 31So, the deuyls besought hym, saying: Yf thou cast vs out, suffer vs to go away into the hearde of swyne. 32And he sayde vnto them, go. Then went they out, and departed into the hearde of swyne: And beholde, ye whole hearde of swyne russhed headlong into the sea, and peryshed in the waters. 33Then they that kept them, fledde, and went theyr wayes into the citie, and tolde euery thyng, and what was done of the possessed with the deuyls. 34And beholde, the whole citie came out to meete Iesus: and when they sawe hym, they besought hym, that he woulde depart out of theyr coastes.


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