“He took our weaknesses and carried our diseases.” 4
8:18 Now when Jesus saw a large crowd 5 around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake. 6 8:19 Then 7 an expert in the law 8 came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 9 8:20 Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky 10 have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” 11 8:21 Another 12 of the 13 disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 8:22 But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” 14
8:23 As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. 15 8:24 And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep. 8:25 So they came 16 and woke him up saying, “Lord, save us! We are about to die!” 8:26 But 17 he said to them, “Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked 18 the winds and the sea, 19 and it was dead calm. 8:27 And the men 20 were amazed and said, 21 “What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!” 22
8:28 When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, 23 two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way. 8:29 They 24 cried out, “Son of God, leave us alone! 25 Have you come here to torment us before the time?” 26 8:30 A 27 large herd of pigs was feeding some distance from them. 8:31 Then the demons begged him, 28 “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” 8:32 And he said, 29 “Go!” So 30 they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water. 8:33 The 31 herdsmen ran off, went into the town, 32 and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men. 8:34 Then 33 the entire town 34 came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.