Matthew 8:26-28
Easy-to-Read Version
26 Jesus answered, “Why are you afraid? You don’t have enough faith.” Then he stood up and gave a command to the wind and the water. The wind stopped, and the lake became very calm.
27 The men were amazed. They said, “What kind of man is this? Even the wind and the water obey him!”
Jesus Sends Demons Out of Two Men(A)
28 Jesus arrived at the other side of the lake in the country of the Gadarene[a] people. There, two men who had demons inside them came to him. They lived in the burial caves and were so dangerous that no one could use the road by those caves.
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- Matthew 8:28 Gadarene From Gadara, an area southeast of Lake Galilee.
Matthew 8:26-28
New International Version
26 He replied, “You of little faith,(A) why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.(B)
27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
Jesus Restores Two Demon-Possessed Men(C)
28 When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes,[a] two demon-possessed(D) men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.
Footnotes
- Matthew 8:28 Some manuscripts Gergesenes; other manuscripts Gerasenes
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