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Matthew 8:16-30 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

16. And when evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick,

17. that it might be filled what was spoken by Yeshayahu the prophet, saying, “He Himself took our weaknesses and bore our sicknesses.”

18. And when יהושע saw large crowds about Him, He gave a command to go off to the other side.

19. And a certain scribe, having come near, said to Him, “Teacher, I shall follow You wherever You go.”

20. And יהושע said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven nests, but the Son of Aḏam has nowhere to lay His head.”

21. And another of His taught ones said to Him, “Master, first let me go and bury my father.”

22. But יהושע said to him, “Follow Me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

23. And when He entered into a boat, His taught ones followed Him.

24. And see, a great gale arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered by the waves. But He was sleeping.

25. And His taught ones came to Him and woke Him up, saying, “Master, save us! We are perishing!”

26. And He said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little belief?” Then, having risen, He rebuked the winds and the sea. And there was a great calm.

27. And the men marvelled, saying, “What is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

28. And when He came to the other side, to the country of the Girgashites, two demon-possessed ones met Him, coming out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one was able to pass that way.

29. And see, they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with You, יהושע, Son of Elohim? Have You come here to torture us, before the appointed time?”

30. And at a distance from them there was a herd of many pigs feeding,

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