Introducing the Unitarian Standard Version Bible
References Used in the Unitarian Standard Version
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1 And when he was come down from the
mountain, great multitudes followed him. 2 And behold, there
came to him a leper and paid homage(a) to him, saying,
Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 3 And he stretched
forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou made
clean. And straightway his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Jesus
saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go, show thyself to
the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a
testimony unto them.
5 And when he was entered into Capernaum,
there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 6 and
saying, Lord, my servant lieth in the house sick of the palsy(b),
grievously tormented. 7 And he saith unto him, I will come
and heal him. 8 And the centurion answered and said,
Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof;
but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.(c)
9 For I also am a man under authority, having under myself
soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to
another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he
doeth it. 10 And when Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to
them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found anyone
in Israel with so great a faith. 11 And I say unto you,
that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit
down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of
heaven: 12 but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into
the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing
of teeth. 13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; as
thou hast believed, [so] be it done unto thee. And his
servant was healed in that hour.
14 And when Jesus was come into Peter`s
house, he saw his wife`s mother lying sick of a fever. 15 And he
touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and
ministered unto him. 16 And when evening was come, they brought
unto him many possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits
with a word, and healed all that were sick: 17 that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: He
himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.(d)
18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd about
him, he gave commandments to depart unto the other side. 19 And
there came a scribe, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow
thee whithersoever thou goest. 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The
foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven [have] nests; but
the Son of man(e) hath not where to lay his head. 21 And
another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me
first to go and bury my father. 22 But Jesus saith unto him,
Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.
23 And when he was entered into the boat,
his disciples followed him. 24 And behold, there arose a great
tempest in the sea, insomuch that the boat was covered with the
waves: but he was asleep. 25 And they came to him, and awoke
him, saying, Save, Lord; we perish. 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. 27
And the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this(f),
that even the winds and the sea obey him?
28 And when he was come to the other side
into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two possessed
with demons, coming forth out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce,
so that no one could pass through that way. 29 And behold, they
cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, thou Son of
God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? 30 Now
there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding. 31
And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send
us away into the herd of swine. 32 And he said unto them, Go.
And they came out, and went into the swine: and behold, the
whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and perished in
the waters (g). 33 And they that fed them fled, and went
away into the city, and told everything, and what was befallen
to them that were possessed with demons. 34 And behold, all the
city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they
besought [him] that he would depart from their borders.
Footnotes
(a) ASV & KJV: worship.
As stated in the ftn. at Matt. 2:2: The
Greek word denotes an act of reverence whether paid to a
creature (see 4:9; 18:26), or to the Creator (see 4:10). See
also Bullinger ftn. at this Scripture. See also RSV, NRSV, JB,
NJB, NAB, DBH, 5G, PNT, Capel, KGV, ELB, MLB, Douay, 2001, Knox,
Moffatt, SEB, TNT, Fenton, Wright, Cassirer, Lattimore, Barclay,
Williams etc
(b) Or, paralyzed
(c) JW: "It is incredible that the centurion should
have been rightly instructed in the Divinity of Christ a
doctrine which had hitherto been unknown almost to all. Jesus,
indeed, imputes not these words to chance and ignorance, but
declares that they proceed from faith ; and therefore many
commentators have been induced to think, that the centurion
speaks of Christ as the only true God. It appears, however, to
me, that this good man, having been informed of the excellent
and truly divine works of Christ, simply apprehended in him the
power of God." — CALVIN.
"The centurion had undoubtedly been instructed in the Jewish
religion, and had heard of, or even beheld, Christ's miracles,
by which he conceived so high an opinion of the power of God,
the divine mission of Jesus, and the authority which he had
received from Heaven." LE CLERC.
(d) Isaiah 53:4
(e) Son of man: (JW) "Jesus Christ usually called
himself the Son of man, to intimate that he was truly a man, as
other men." LIMBORCH: Theol. Christ. lib. iii. cap. 12, § 5.
["The phrase is explained as indicative of humility, and
referring to the low condition of Jesus", by Tostat, Lucas
BRUGENSIS, MUNSTER, DRUSIUS, JAMES CAPPEL, GROTIUS, LE CLERC,
BEAUSOBRE ET L'ENFANT, and others.]
(f) JW: How remarkable a prophet and divine messenger is
this, whom the winds and the waves obey!—KUINOEL. (Ed. Much like
Moses of old, Exodus 14:21)
(g) The exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac, frequently
known as the Miracle of the (Gadarene) Swine and the exorcism
of Legion, was interpreted by Saints Augustine of Hippo
and Thomas Aquinas to mean that Christians have no duties to
animals.
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