The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew: The Challoner Revision
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The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew: The Challoner Revision
Bible. Matthew
8:2. And behold a leper came and adored him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt,
thou canst make me clean.
8:3. And Jesus stretching forth his hand, touched him, saying: I will,
be thou made clean. And forthwith his leprosy was cleansed.
8:4. And Jesus saith to him: See thou tell no man: but go, shew thyself
to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded, for a testimony
unto them.
8:5. And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a
centurion, beseeching him,
8:6. And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and
is grievously tormented.
8:7. And Jesus saith to him: I will come and heal him.
8:8. And the centurion, making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that
thou shouldst enter under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant
shall be healed.
8:9. For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers;
and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another Come, and he cometh,
and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
8:10. And Jesus hearing this, marvelled; and said to them that followed
him. Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel.
8:11. And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west,
and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of
heaven:
8:12. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the
exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
8:13. And Jesus said to the centurion: Go, and as thou hast believed, so
be it done to thee. And the servant was healed at the same hour.
8:14. And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's
mother lying, and sick of a fever;
8:15. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and
ministered to them.
8:16. And when evening was come, they brought to him many that were
possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word: and
all that were sick he healed:
8:17. That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet
Isaias, saying: He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.
8:18. And Jesus seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders to pass
over the water.
8:19. And a certain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will follow
thee whithersoever thou shalt go.
8:20. And Jesus saith to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the
air nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
8:21. And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to
go and bury my father.
8:22. But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their
dead.
8:23. And when he entered into the boat, his disciples followed him:
8:24. And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was
covered with waves, but he was asleep.
8:25. And they came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, save us, we
perish.
8:26. And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little
faith? Then rising up, he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there
came a great calm.
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