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Matthew 8

2 Christ healeth the leper. 5 The captain’s faith. 11 The vocation of the Gentiles. 14 Peter’s mother in law 19 The Scribe that would follow Christ. 21 Christ’s poverty. 24 He stilleth the sea and the wind. 28 And driveth the devils out of the possessed, into the swine.
1.Now when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
2.*And lo, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Master, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
3.And Jesus putting forth his hand, touched him, saying, I will, be thou clean: and immediately his aleprosy was cleansed.
4.Then Jesus said unto him, See thou tell bno man, but go, and shewe thy self unto the cPriest, and offer the gift that *Moyses commanded, for da witness to them.
5.*When Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a ^Centurion, beseeching him,
6.And said, Master, my ^servant lieth sick at home of the palsy, and is grievously pained.
7.And Jesus said unto him, I will come and heal him.
8.But the Centurion answered, saying, Master, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shalbe healed.
9.For I am a man also under the authority of another, and have soldiers under me: & I say to one, Go: & he goeth, & to another, Come: & he cometh, and to my servant, Do this: and he doeth it.
10.When Jesus heard that, he marveled, and said to them that followed him, Verily, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, even in Israel.
11.But I say unto you, that emany shall come from the East and West, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
12.And the children of the kingdom shalbe cast out into futter *darkness: there shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth.
13.Then Jesus said unto the Centurion, Go thy way, and as thou hast believed, so be it unto thee. And his servant was healed the same hour.
14.*And when Jesus came to Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid down, and sick of a fever.
15.And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: so 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, gHe took our infirmities, & bare our sicknesses.
18.*And when Jesus saw great multitudes of people about him, he commanded them to go over the water.
19.Then came there a certain Scribe, and said unto him, Master, hI will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
20.But Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests, but the Son of man hath not whereon to rest his head. 21¶ And ianother of his disciples said unto him, Master, suffer me first to go, and kbury my father.
22.But Jesus said unto him, Follow me, and let the ldead bury their dead.
23.*And when he was entered into the ship, his disciples followed him.
24.And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was covered with waves: but he was a sleep.
25.Then his disciples came, and awoke him, saying, Master, save us: we perish.
26.And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful, ô ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea: and so there was a great calm.
27.And the men marveled, saying, What man is this, that both 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, which came out of the graves very fierce, so that no man might go by that way.
29.And behold, they cried out, saying, Jesus the Son of God, what have we to do with thee? Art thou come hither to torment us mbefore the time?
30.Now there was afar off from them, a great herd of swine feeding.
31.And the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, nsuffer us to go into the herd of swine.
32.And he said unto them, Go. So they went out, and departed into the herd of swine: and behold, the whole herd of swine was carried with violence from a steep down place into the osea, and died in the water.
33.Then the herdmen fled: and when they were come into the city, they told all things, and what was become of them that were possessed with the devils.
34.And behold all the city came out, to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, pthey besought him to depart out of their coasts.

Notes

2-*.
Mar. 1.40, Luk 5.12.
3-a.
It was not like that leprosy that is now, but was a kind thereof, which was incurable.
4-*.
Lev. 14.4.
4-b.
He would not yet be thoroughly known, but had his time and hour appointed.
4-c.
Our Saviour would not condemn that which was ordained by the Law, seeing as yet the ceremonies thereof were not abolished.
4-d.
To condemn them of ingratitude, when they shall see thee whole.
5-*.
Luk. 7.1.
5-^.
Or, a captain over an hundred.
6-^.
Or, son.
11-e.
Which are strange people and the Gentiles, to whom the covenant of God did not properly appertain.
12-*.
Chap. 22.13.
12-f.
For there is nothing but mere darkness out of the kingdom of heaven.
14-*.
Mar. 1.29, Luk. 4.38.
16-*.
Mar 1.32, Luk. 4.40, Luk. 9.11.
17-*.
Is. 53.4, 1 Pet. 2.24.
17-g.
The Prophet speaks chiefly of the feebleness and disease of our souls, which Jesus Christ has born: therefore he sets his great mercy and power before our eyes by healing the body.
18-*.
Luk. 8.26.
19-h.
He thought by this means to curry favour with the world: but Jesus shows him that he is far wide from that he looks for: for instead of worldly wealth, there is but poverty in Christ.
21-i.
Luke makes mention of three, which were hindered by worldly respects from coming to Christ.
21-k.
To succour and help him in his old age till he die, and then I will follow thee wholly.
22-l.
No duty or love is to be preferred to God’s calling: therefore Jesus calls them dead, which are hindered by any worldly thing to follow Christ.
23-*.
Mar 4.35, Luk. 8.22.
28-*.
Mar 5.5, Luk. 8.26.
29-m.
The wicked would ever defer their punishment, thinking all correction to come too soon.
31-n.
The devil desires ever to do harm, but he can do no more then God does appoint. .
32-o.
Meaning the lake of Genesareth
34-p.
These Gergesenes esteemed more their hogs then Jesus Christ.