Matthew 8
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Matthew 7:27-8:28 on Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360).
Book	Gospel of Matthew
Category	Gospel
Christian Bible part	New Testament
Order in the Christian part	1

Matthew 8 is the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and continues the narrative about Jesus' ministry in Galileia started in the second half of the previous chapter.

• The original text is written in Koine Greek.
• Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
  • Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
  • Codex Bezae (ca. AD 400)
  • Codex Washingtonianus (ca. AD 400)
  • Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450; complete)
• This chapter is divided into 34 verses.

This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

• Matthew 8:1–4 = Jesus cleansing a leper (Mark 1:40–45; Luke 13:1–23)
• Matthew 8:5–13 = Healing the centurion's servant (Luke 7:1–10; John 4:46–53)
• ((bibleverse||Matthew|8:14-15} = Healing the mother of Peter's wife (Mark 1:29–34; Luke 4:38–41)
• Matthew 8:16–17 = Jesus exorcising at sunset (Mark 1:29–34; Luke 4:38–41)
• Matthew 8:18–20 = The Cost of Discipleship: The foxes have holes (Luke 9:57–62)
• Matthew 8:21–22 = Let the dead bury their own dead (Luke 9:57–62)
• Matthew 8:23–27 = Calming the storm (Mark 4:35–41; Luke 8:22–25)
• Matthew 8:28–34 = Exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac (Mark 5:1–20; Luke 8:26–39)

• Book of Leviticus
• Leper
• Moses
• Related Bible parts: Leviticus 14, Joshua 10, Isaiah 53, Mark 1, Mark 4, Mark 5, Luke 4, Luke 5, Luke 7, Luke 8, Luke 9, John 4

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