Matthew 8:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish.”

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  • Matt 4:24 : 24 So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.
  • Matt 9:2 : 2 Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.”
  • Mark 2:3-9 : 3 Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. 4 When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Son, your sins are forgiven.” 6 Now some of the experts in the law were sitting there, turning these things over in their minds: 7 “Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8 Now immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, he said to them,“Why are you thinking such things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic,‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say,‘Stand up, take your stretcher, and walk’? 10 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”– he said to the paralytic– 11 “I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.” 12 And immediately the man stood up, took his stretcher, and went out in front of them all. They were all amazed and glorified God, saying,“We have never seen anything like this!”
  • Acts 8:7 : 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.
  • Acts 9:33 : 33 He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because he was paralyzed.
  • Acts 10:7 : 7 When the angel who had spoken to him departed, Cornelius called two of his personal servants and a devout soldier from among those who served him,
  • Col 3:11 : 11 Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.
  • Col 4:1 : 1 Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.
  • 1 Tim 6:2 : 2 But those who have believing masters must not show them less respect because they are brothers. Instead they are to serve all the more, because those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved. Summary of Timothy’s DutiesTeach them and exhort them about these things.
  • Phlm 1:16 : 16 no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord.
  • Job 31:13-14 : 13 “If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me, 14 then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?

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  • Matt 8:7-9
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    7Jesus said to him,“I will come and heal him.”

    8But the centurion replied,“Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof! Instead, just say the word and my servant will be healed.

    9For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one,‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

  • Matt 8:5
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    5Healing the Centurion’s Servant When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him asking for help:

  • Luke 7:1-4
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    1Healing the Centurion’s Slave After Jesus had finished teaching all this to the people, he entered Capernaum.

    2A centurion there had a slave who was highly regarded, but who was sick and at the point of death.

    3When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave.

    4When they came to Jesus, they urged him earnestly,“He is worthy to have you do this for him,

  • Luke 7:6-8
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    6So Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him,“Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof!

    7That is why I did not presume to come to you. Instead, say the word, and my servant must be healed.

    8For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one,‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another,‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave,‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

  • Matt 8:13-17
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    13Then Jesus said to the centurion,“Go; just as you believed, it will be done for you.” And the servant was healed at that hour.

    14Healings at Peter’s House Now when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down, sick with a fever.

    15He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve them.

    16When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.

    17In this way what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah was fulfilled:“He took our weaknesses and carried our diseases.”

  • Matt 9:2
    78%

    2Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.”

  • Mark 2:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

    3Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.

    4When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on.

    5When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Son, your sins are forgiven.”

  • Luke 5:18-19
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    18Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

    19But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus.

  • Luke 7:10
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    10So when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave well.

  • Matt 17:14-16
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    14The Disciples’ Failure to Heal When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,

    15and said,“Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

    16I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.”

  • Matt 8:2
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    2And a leper approached and bowed low before him, saying,“Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

  • Mark 2:9-11
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    9Which is easier, to say to the paralytic,‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say,‘Stand up, take your stretcher, and walk’?

    10But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”– he said to the paralytic–

    11“I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.”

  • Matt 9:6-7
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    6But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”– then he said to the paralytic–“Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.”

    7So he stood up and went home.

  • Mark 1:40-41
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    40Cleansing a Leper Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help.“If you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said.

    41Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying,“I am willing. Be clean!”

  • Luke 5:24-25
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    24But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”– he said to the paralyzed man–“I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher and go home.”

    25Immediately he stood up before them, picked up the stretcher he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God.

  • John 4:47
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    47When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.

  • Mark 5:23
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    23He asked him urgently,“My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live.”

  • Luke 5:12
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    12Healing a Leper While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came to him who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he bowed down with his face to the ground and begged him,“Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

  • Matt 4:24
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    24So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

  • Luke 8:41
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    41Then a man named Jairus, who was a leader of the synagogue, came up. Falling at Jesus’ feet, he pleaded with him to come to his house,

  • Mark 5:38
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    38They came to the house of the synagogue leader where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.

  • Matt 15:30
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    30Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

  • Luke 18:40
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    40So Jesus stopped and ordered the beggar to be brought to him. When the man came near, Jesus asked him,

  • Luke 8:47
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    47When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed.

  • Matt 18:26
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    26Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying,‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.’

  • Acts 9:33
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    33He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because he was paralyzed.

  • Mark 5:19
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    19But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him,“Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you.”

  • Luke 4:38
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    38After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her.

  • John 5:6
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    6When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized that the man had been disabled a long time already, he said to him,“Do you want to become well?”