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Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 8

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Chapter 8 of Matthew—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ After he had come down from the mountain great crowds followed him.
  2. And, look! a leprous man1 came up and began doing obeisance to him, saying: “Lord, if you just want to, you can make me clean.”
  3. And so, stretching out [his] hand, he touched him, saying: “I want to. Be made clean.”2 And immediately his leprosy was cleansed away.3
  4. Then Jesus said to him: “See that you tell no one,4 but go, show yourself to the priest,5 and offer the gift6 that Moses appointed, for the purpose of a witness to them.”
  5. ¶ When he entered into Ca·perʹna·um,7 an army officer[a] came to him, entreating him
  6. and saying: “Sir, my manservant is laid up in the house with paralysis, being terribly tormented.”
  7. He said to him: “When I get there I will cure him.”
  8. In reply the army officer said: “Sir, I am not a fit man for you to enter under my roof, but just say the word and my manservant will be healed.
  9. For I too am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to this one, ‘Be on your way!’8 and he is on his way, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”
  10. Hearing that, Jesus became amazed and said to those following him: “I tell YOU the truth, With no one in Israel have I found so great a faith.9
  11. But I tell YOU that many from eastern parts and western10 parts will come and recline at the table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom11 of the heavens;12
  12. whereas the sons of the kingdom13 will be thrown into the darkness outside. There is where [their] weeping and the gnashing[b] of [their] teeth will be.”14
  13. Then Jesus said to the army officer: “Go. Just as it has been your faith, so let it come to pass for you.”15 And the manservant was healed in that hour.
  14. ¶ And Jesus, on coming into Peter’s house, saw his mother-in-law16 lying down and sick with fever.17
  15. So he touched her hand,18 and the fever left her, and she got up and began ministering to him.19
  16. But after it became evening,[c] people brought him many demon-possessed persons; and he expelled the spirits with a word, and he cured all who were faring badly;
  17. that there might be fulfilled what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He himself took our sicknesses and carried our diseases.”20
  18. ¶ When Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave the command to shove off for the other side.21
  19. And a certain scribe came up and said to him: “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you are about to go.”22
  20. But Jesus said to him: “Foxes have dens and birds of heaven have roosts, but the Son of man[d] has nowhere to lay down his head.”23
  21. Then another of the disciples said to him: “Lord, permit me first to leave and bury my father.”
  22. Jesus said to him: “Keep following me, and let the dead bury their dead.”24
  23. ¶ And when he got aboard a boat,25 his disciples followed him.
  24. Now, look! a great agitation arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves; he, however, was sleeping.26
  25. And they came and woke27 him up, saying: “Lord, save us, we are about to perish!”
  26. But he said to them: “Why are YOU fainthearted, YOU with little faith?”28 Then, getting up, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and a great calm set in.29
  27. So the men became amazed and said: “What sort of person is this,30 that even the winds and the sea obey him?”
  28. ¶ When he got to the other side, into the country of the Gad·a·renesʹ,[e]31 there met him two demon-possessed men32 coming out from among[f] the memorial tombs, unusually fierce, so that nobody had the courage to pass by on that road.
  29. And, look! they screamed, saying: “What have we to do with you,[g] Son of God?33 Did you come here to torment us34 before the appointed time?”35
  30. But a long way off from them a herd of many swine was at pasture.
  31. So the demons began to entreat him, saying: “If you expel us, send us forth into the herd of swine.”36
  32. Accordingly he said to them: “Go!” They came out and went off into the swine; and, look! the entire herd rushed over the precipice into the sea and died in the waters.37
  33. But the herders fled and, going into the city, they reported everything, including the affair of the demon-possessed men.
  34. And, look! all the city turned out to meet Jesus; and after having seen him, they earnestly urged him to move out from their districts.38

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “centurion,” that is, one in command of 100 soldiers. Lat., cen·tuʹri·o.
  2. ^ Or, “grinding; clenching.”
  3. ^ That is, after the sabbath day. See Mr 1:21-32; Lu 4:31-40.
  4. ^ Lit., “the Son of the man.”
  5. ^ “The country of the Gerasenes” in Mr 5:1; Lu 8:26.
  6. ^ Or, “coming out of.”
  7. ^ “What have we to do with you?” An idiom; a repellent question indicating objection. See App 7B.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Mr 1:40; Lu 5:12
  2. ^ Mr 1:41
  3. ^ Ex 4:7; Is 53:4
  4. ^ Mt 9:30; 12:16; Mr 7:36; Lu 5:14
  5. ^ Le 13:49; 14:2; Lu 17:14
  6. ^ Le 14:4, 20; Mr 1:44; Lu 5:14
  7. ^ Lu 7:1
  8. ^ Ac 10:7
  9. ^ Mt 15:28; Lu 7:9
  10. ^ Is 49:12
  11. ^ Lu 13:29
  12. ^ Mt 11:12
  13. ^ Mt 25:30
  14. ^ Mt 22:13; 24:51; Lu 13:28
  15. ^ Mt 9:29; 15:28; Mr 9:23; Lu 7:10
  16. ^ 1Co 9:5
  17. ^ Mr 1:30; Lu 4:38
  18. ^ Mr 5:41; Ac 3:7
  19. ^ Mr 1:31; Lu 4:38, 39
  20. ^ Is 53:4; Jn 1:29
  21. ^ Mr 4:35; Lu 8:22
  22. ^ Lu 9:57
  23. ^ Lu 9:58; 2Co 8:9
  24. ^ Lu 9:60; Jn 1:43; Ro 6:13
  25. ^ Mr 4:36
  26. ^ Ps 4:8; Lu 8:23
  27. ^ Mr 4:38
  28. ^ Mt 14:31; Mr 4:40
  29. ^ Ps 65:7; 89:9; 107:29; Lu 8:25
  30. ^ Mr 4:41
  31. ^ Lu 8:26
  32. ^ Mr 5:2; Lu 8:27
  33. ^ 1Ki 17:18; Lu 4:34, 41; 8:28
  34. ^ Mr 1:24; Jm 2:19
  35. ^ Jd 6
  36. ^ De 14:8; Is 65:4
  37. ^ Mr 5:13; Lu 8:33
  38. ^ Mr 5:17; Lu 8:37; Ac 16:39

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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