He Is Our Healer

Jesus Cleanses a Man with Leprosy

8 When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him. ² And a man with leprosy came to Him and bowed down before Him, and said, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” ³ Jesus reached out with His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴ And Jesus *said to him, “See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

The Centurion’s Faith

⁵ And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, begging Him, ⁶ and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, terribly tormented.” ⁷ Jesus *said to him, “I will come and heal him.” ⁸ But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed. ⁹ For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.” ¹⁰ Now when Jesus heard this, He was amazed and said to those who were following, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel. ¹¹ And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the tablewith Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven; ¹² but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” ¹³ And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; it shall be done for you as you have believed.”And the servant was healed at that verymoment.

Peter’s Mother-in-law and Many Others Healed

¹⁴ When Jesus came into Peter’s home, He saw his mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever.¹⁵ And He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and waited on Him. ¹⁶ Now when evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill. ¹⁷ This happened so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled: “He Himself took our illnesses and carried away our diseases.”

Discipleship Tested

¹⁸ Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea. ¹⁹ Then a scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”²⁰ And Jesus *said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”²¹ And another of the disciples said to Him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”²² But Jesus *said to him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”