New English Translation

Matthew 8:10-20 New English Translation (NET)

10. When Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, “I tell you the truth, I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel!

11. I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

12. but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

13. Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; just as you believed, it will be done for you.” And the servant was healed at that hour.

14. Now when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down, sick with a fever.

15. He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve them.

16. When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.

17. In this way what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet was fulfilled: “He took our weaknesses and carried our diseases.”

18. Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.

19. Then an expert in the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

20. Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”