9. I myself am a man under authority. And I have soldiers who obey my orders. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes. I tell that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
10. When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. He said to those following him, "What I'm about to tell you is true. In Israel I have not found anyone whose faith is so strong.
11. "I say to you that many will come from the east and the west. They will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of heaven. They will sit with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
12. But those who think they belong to the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness. There they will sob and grind their teeth."
13. Then Jesus said to the Roman commander, "Go! It will be done just as you believed it would." And his servant was healed at that very hour.
14. When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law. She was lying in bed. She had a fever.
15. Jesus touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and began to wait on him.
16. When evening came, many people controlled by demons were brought to Jesus. He drove out the spirits with a word. He healed all who were sick.
17. He did it to make what the prophet Isaiah had said come true. He had said, "He suffered the things we should have suffered. He took on himself the sicknesses that should have been ours." (Isaiah 53:4)
18. Jesus saw the crowd around him. So he gave his disciples orders to go to the other side of the Sea of Galilee.
19. Then a teacher of the law came to him. He said, "Teacher, I will follow you no matter where you go."
20. Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes. Birds of the air have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
21. Another follower said to him, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."
22. But Jesus told him, "Follow me. Let the dead bury their own dead."
23. Jesus got into a boat. His disciples followed him.
24. Suddenly a terrible storm came up on the lake. The waves crashed over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.
25. The disciples went and woke him up. They said, "Lord! Save us! We're going to drown!"
26. He replied, "Your faith is so small! Why are you so afraid?" Then Jesus got up and ordered the winds and the waves to stop. It became completely calm.