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# Matthew 8

Matthew 8 is chapter 8 of 28 in the Gospel of Matthew. Here are all 34 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Christ cleanses the leper, heals the centurion's servant, Peter's mother-in-law, and many others: he stills the storm at sea, drives the devils out of two men possessed, and suffers them to go into the swine.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Matthew 8 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And when he had descended from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
2. And behold, a leper, drawing near, adored him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.”
3. And Jesus, extending his hand, touched him, saying: “I am willing. Be cleansed.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
4. And Jesus said to him: “See to it that you tell no one. But go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses instructed, as a testimony for them.”
5. And when he had entered into Capernaum, a centurion approached, petitioning him,
6. and saying, “Lord, my servant lies at home paralyzed and badly tormented.”
7. And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”
8. And responding, the centurion said: “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
9. For I, too, am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
10. And, hearing this, Jesus wondered. And he said to those following him: “Amen I say to you, I have not found so great a faith in Israel.
11. For I say to you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and they shall sit at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
12. But the sons of the kingdom shall be cast into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
13. And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go, and just as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And the servant was healed at that very hour.
14. And when Jesus had arrived at the house of Peter, he saw his mother-in-law lying ill with a fever.
15. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose up and ministered to them.
16. And when evening arrived, they brought to him many who had demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word. And he healed all those having maladies,
17. in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah, saying, “He took our infirmities, and he carried away our diseases.”
18. Then Jesus, seeing the great crowds encircling him, gave orders to go across the sea.
19. And one scribe, approaching, said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you will go.”
20. And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to rest his head.”
21. Then another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.”
22. But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and allow the dead to bury their dead.”
23. And climbing into a boat, his disciples followed him.
24. And behold, a great tempest occurred in the sea, so much so that the boat was covered with waves; yet truly, he was sleeping.
25. And his disciples drew near to him, and they awakened him, saying: “Lord, save us, we are perishing.”
26. And Jesus said to them, “Why are you afraid, O little in faith?” Then rising up, he commanded the winds, and the sea. And a great tranquility occurred.
27. Moreover, the men wondered, saying: “What kind of man is this? For even the winds and the sea obey him.”
28. And when he had arrived across the sea, into the region of the Gerasenes, he was met by two who had demons, who were so exceedingly savage, as they went out from among the tombs, that no one was able to cross by that way.
29. And behold, they cried out, saying: “What are we to you, O Jesus, the Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
30. Now there was, not far from them, a herd of many swine feeding.
31. Then the demons petitioned him, saying: “If you cast us from here, send us into the herd of swine.”
32. And he said to them, “Go.” And they, going out, went into the swine. And behold, the entire herd suddenly rushed along a steep place into the sea. And they died in the waters.
33. Then the shepherds fled, and arriving in the city, they reported on all this, and on those who had had the demons.
34. And behold, the entire city went out to meet Jesus. And having seen him, they petitioned him, so that he would cross from their borders.

## Matthew 8 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Cum autem descendisset de monte, secutæ sunt eum turbæ multæ:
2. et ecce leprosus veniens, adorabat eum, dicens: Domine, si vis, potes me mundare.
3. Et extendens Jesus manum, tetigit eum, dicens: Volo: mundare. Et confestim mundata est lepra ejus.
4. Et ait illi Jesus: Vide, nemini dixeris: sed vade, ostende te sacerdoti, et offer munus, quod præcepit Moyses, in testimonium illis.
5. Cum autem introisset Capharnaum, accessit ad eum centurio, rogans eum,
6. et dicens: Domine, puer meus jacet in domo paralyticus, et male torquetur.
7. Et ait illi Jesus: Ego veniam, et curabo eum.
8. Et respondens centurio, ait: Domine, non sum dignus ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanabitur puer meus.
9. Nam et ego homo sum sub potestate constitutus, habens sub me milites, et dico huic: Vade, et vadit: et alii: Veni, et venit: et servo meo: Fac hoc, et facit.
10. Audiens autem Jesus miratus est, et sequentibus se dixit: Amen dico vobis, non inveni tantam fidem in Israël.
11. Dico autem vobis, quod multi ab oriente et occidente venient, et recumbent cum Abraham, et Isaac, et Jacob in regno cælorum:
12. filii autem regni ejicientur in tenebras exteriores: ibi erit fletus et stridor dentium.
13. Et dixit Jesus centurioni: Vade, et sicut credidisti, fiat tibi. Et sanatus est puer in illa hora.
14. Et cum venisset Jesus in domum Petri, vidit socrum ejus jacentem, et febricitantem:
15. et tetigit manum ejus, et dimisit eam febris, et surrexit, et ministrabat eis.
16. Vespere autem facto, obtulerunt ei multos dæmonia habentes: et ejiciebat spiritus verbo, et omnes male habentes curavit:
17. ut adimpleretur quod dictum est per Isaiam prophetam, dicentem: Ipse infirmitates nostras accepit: et ægrotationes nostras portavit.
18. Videns autem Jesus turbas multas circum se, jussit ire trans fretum.
19. Et accedens unus scriba, ait illi: Magister, sequar te, quocumque ieris.
20. Et dicit ei Jesus: Vulpes foveas habent, et volucres cæli nidos; Filius autem hominis non habet ubi caput reclinet.
21. Alius autem de discipulis ejus ait illi: Domine, permitte me primum ire, et sepelire patrem meum.
22. Jesus autem ait illi: Sequere me, et dimitte mortuos sepelire mortuos suos.
23. Et ascendente eo in naviculam, secuti sunt eum discipuli ejus:
24. et ecce motus magnus factus est in mari, ita ut navicula operiretur fluctibus: ipse vero dormiebat.
25. Et accesserunt ad eum discipuli ejus, et suscitaverunt eum, dicentes: Domine, salva nos: perimus.
26. Et dicit eis Jesus: Quid timidi estis, modicæ fidei? Tunc surgens imperavit ventis, et mari, et facta est tranquillitas magna.
27. Porro homines mirati sunt, dicentes: Qualis est hic, quia venti et mare obediunt ei?
28. Et cum venisset trans fretum in regionem Gerasenorum, occurrerunt ei duo habentes dæmonia, de monumentis exeuntes, sævi nimis, ita ut nemo posset transire per viam illam.
29. Et ecce clamaverunt, dicentes: Quid nobis et tibi, Jesu fili Dei? Venisti huc ante tempus torquere nos?
30. Erat autem non longe ab illis grex multorum porcorum pascens.
31. Dæmones autem rogabant eum, dicentes: Si ejicis nos hinc, mitte nos in gregem porcorum.
32. Et ait illis: Ite. At illi exeuntes abierunt in porcos, et ecce impetu abiit totus grex per præceps in mare: et mortui sunt in aquis.
33. Pastores autem fugerunt: et venientes in civitatem, nuntiaverunt omnia, et de eis qui dæmonia habuerant.
34. Et ecce tota civitas exiit obviam Jesu: et viso eo, rogabant ut transiret a finibus eorum.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- cf. CCC ¶ 448: Lord ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 586: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1386: The Paschal Banquet ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2610: In the Fullness of Time ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 543: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 517: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1505: Its Foundations in the Economy of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2610: In the Fullness of Time ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sun, Feb 7, 2027: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, Matthew 8:17
- Fri, Jun 25, 2027 (computed): Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, Matthew 8:17; Gospel, Matthew 8:1-4
- Sat, Jun 26, 2027 (computed): Saturday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, Matthew 8:17; Gospel, Matthew 8:5-17
- Mon, Jun 28, 2027 (computed): St. Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr — Gospel, Matthew 8:18-22

8 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).