The Leper’s Prayer
Leviticus 14:1–32; Mark 1:40–45; Luke 5:12–16
1When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.+ 2Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”+ 3Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.+ 4Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”+The Faith of the Centurion
5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,+ 6“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”+ 7“I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied.+ 8The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.+ 9For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”+ 10When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.+ 11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.+ 12But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”+ 13Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.+Jesus Heals at Peter’s House
14When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.+ 15So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve Him.+ 16When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.+ 17This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”+The Cost of Discipleship
Luke 9:57–62; Luke 14:25–33; John 6:59–66
18When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.+ 19And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”+ 20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”+ 21Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”+ 22But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”+Jesus Calms the Storm
Psalm 107:1–43; Mark 4:35–41; Luke 8:22–25
23When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.+ 24Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves. But Jesus was sleeping.+ 25The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”+ 26“ You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.+ 27The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”+