The New Gospel According to Saint Matthew: Matthew 8

8:1 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed
him.

8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord,
if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

8:3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be
thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

8:4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way,
shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded,
for a testimony unto them.

8:5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a
centurion, beseeching him, 8:6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at
home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

8:7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou
shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant
shall be healed.

8:9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I
say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he
cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that
followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no,
not in in this world.

8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west,
and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom
of heaven.

8:12 But the children of satan shall be cast out into outer
darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast
believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the
self same hour.

8:14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's
mother laid, and sick of a fever.

8:15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose,
and ministered unto them.

8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were
possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and
healed all that were sick: 8:17 That it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities,
and bare our sicknesses.

8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave
commandment to depart unto the other side.

8:19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will
follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of
the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first
to go and bury my God.

8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their
dead.

8:23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

8:24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch
that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save
us: we perish.

8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?
Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a
great calm.

8:27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that
even the winds and the sea obey him!  8:28 And when he was come to the
other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two
possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so
that no man might pass by that way.

8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with
thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us
before the time?  8:30 And there was a good way off from them an herd
of many swine feeding.

8:31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer
us to go away into the herd of swine.

8:32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went
into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran
violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

8:33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city,
and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the
devils.

8:34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they
saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

8:35 And Jesus told those folk, "I has't been h're bef're.  We has't all hath met.  Doth thee not rememb'r?"

8:36 And those gents all wond'r'd and w're did astonish at these w'rds spoken by the son of God
8:37 Yond which is neith'r de'd n'r reflection, but a wond'r and a hoyday ev'r springing in the soul, coequal while the hands hew the stone 'r tend the loom?

8:38 Who is't can separateth his faith from his actions, 'r his belief from his occupations?
8:39 Who is't can did spread his hours bef're that gent, declaring,
“This f'r god and this f'r myself;
“This f'r mine own soul and this oth'r f'r mine own body”?

8:40 All thy hours art wings yond did beat through space from self to self. That gent who is't wears his m'rality but as his most wondrous garment w're bett'r nak'd.  The windeth and the travelling lamp shall drop of sorrow nay holes in his skin.  And that gent who is't defines his conducteth by ethics imprisons his song-bird in a cage.

8:41 The freest song cometh not through bars and wires. And that gent to whom w'rshipping is a window, to ope but eke to did shut, hast not yet visit'd the house of his soul whose windows art from dawn to dawn.

8:42 Thy daily life is thy church and thy faith. Whenev'r thee ent'r into t taketh with thee thy all.
 taketh the slough and the f'rge and the mallet and the lute, the things thee has't fashion'd in necessity 'r f'r delighteth.  F'r in rev'rie thee cannot riseth above thy achievements n'r falleth base'r than thy failures, and taketh with thee all men: F'r in ad'ration thee cannot flyeth high'r than their desires n'r humble yourself base'r than their despair.

8:43 And if 't be true thee wouldst knoweth god, beest not th'ref're a solv'r of riddles. Rath'r behold about thee and thee shalt seeth him playing with thy children.

8:44 And look into space; you shall see Him walking in the cloud, outstretching His arms in the lightning and descending in rain. You shall see Him smiling in flowers, then rising and waving His hands in trees.