What happensPermalink
Jesus heals many people: a leper, a centurion’s servant, Peter’s mother-in-law, and two demon-possessed Gadarenes (sending the demons into pigs). He describes the high cost of following Him. He calms a storm, and His disciples marvel.
Why it mattersPermalink
The episodes of this chapter distinguish true faith from apparent faith. The leper, the Roman centurion, and the Gadarenes are outcasts from Jewish society, yet Jesus heals them. He finds faith in the centurion, but not in His own disciples in the storm.
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When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith.”