Book of Matthew – Matthew Chapter 8 Summary

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Chapter 8 is a chapter recounting many of Jesus miracles.

1. Jesus heals a man with leprosy, tells him not to tell anyone about it. (verses 1-4)
2. Jesus heals a Roman centurion’s crippled servant. (verses 5-13)
   1. The centurion comes to Jesus for help.
   2. Jesus offers to go to mains house, but centurion feels unworthy and tells Jesus that He can help him from there.
   3. Jesus is amazed by the man’s faith and heals his servant without going to his house.
3. Jesus heals Peter’s mother-in-law Mary from a fever. (verses 14-15)
4. Later in the evening after healing Mary, Jesus exorcises many brought to him who are demon possessed.  (verses 16-17)
5. Jesus is approached by several individuals who want to follow him.  Jesus tells the first man that He himself has no home.  The second man says he needs to go and bury his father first and Jesus responds, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” (verses 18-22).
6. Jesus is awoken by His frightened disciples and calms a storm while out in a boat. (verses 23-27)
7. Jesus casts demons out of two men. (verses 28-34)
   1. Demons acknowledge Jesus and begged to be cast into a nearby herd of swine.
   2. Jesus casts them into the swine, which then proceed to run down the hillside into the lake and drown.
   3. Upon seeing and hearing this, the local people came to Jesus and pleaded with Him to leave their region.

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