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Matthew 8

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1 And when He had come·​·down from the mountain, many crowds followed Him.

2 And behold, there came a leper and worshiped Him, saying, Lord, if Thou willest, Thou canst make· me ·clean.

3 And stretching forth the hand, Jesus touched him, saying, I am willing; be thou cleansed. And straightway his leprosy was cleansed.

4 And Jesus says to him, See thou tell no one; but go·​·thy·​·way, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses directed, for a testimony to them.

5 And when Jesus had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came·​·to Him, imploring Him,

6 and saying, Lord, my boy is cast·​·down in the house, sick·​·of·​·the·​·palsy, frightfully tormented.

7 And Jesus says to him, I will come and cure him.

8 And the centurion answering declared, Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst come·​·in under my roof, but only say the word, and my boy shall be healed.

9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under myself; and I say to this man, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

10 And when Jesus heard, He marveled, and said to those who followed, Amen I say to you, I have not found so·​·great a faith, no, not in Israel.

11 And I say to you that many shall come from the east and west, and shall recline* with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens.

12 And the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

13 And Jesus said to the centurion, Go·​·thy·​·way; and as thou hast believed, be· it ·done to thee. And his boy was healed in the same hour.

14 And Jesus, coming into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law cast·​·down and with·​·a·​·fever.

15 And He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and ministered to them.

16 And when the evening was come, they brought·​·to Him many who were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and He cured all who had an illness,

17 that it might be fulfilled what was declared by Isaiah the prophet, saying, He took our weaknesses, and bore our diseases.*

18 And Jesus, seeing many crowds around Him, gave·​·orders to depart to the other·​·side.

19 And one of the scribes coming said to Him, Teacher, I will follow Thee wherever Thou goest.

20 And Jesus says unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to recline the head.

21 And another of His disciples said to Him, Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.

22 But Jesus said to him, Follow Me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.

23 And when He had stepped into the ship, His disciples followed Him.

24 And behold, there came·​·to·​·pass a great quaking in the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but He was sleeping.

25 And His disciples coming, caused Him to arise, saying, Lord, save us, we are perishing.

26 And He says unto them, Why are you frightened, O you of·​·little·​·faith? Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

27 And the men marveled, saying, What·​·manner of Man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him!

28 And when He had come to the other side of the country of the Gergesenes, two met Him who were demon-possessed, coming out of the sepulchers, exceedingly fierce, so·​·that no one was·​·able to pass·​·through that way.

29 And behold, they cried out, saying, What is there to us and to Thee*, Jesus, Son of God? Art Thou come hither before the time to torment us?

30 And there was, a·​·distance from them, a herd of many swine feeding.

31 And the demons implored Him, saying, If Thou cast· us ·out, permit us to go·​·away into the herd of swine.

32 And He said to them, Go. And when they came·​·out, they went·​·away into the herd of swine; and behold, all the herd of swine rushed down a cliff into the sea, and died in the waters.

33 And they who fed them fled, and went·​·away into the city, and reported all things, and the matter of the demon-possessed.

34 And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus; and seeing Him, they implored Him that He would pass·​·on away·​·from their borders.

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 3832

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3832. 'And made a feast' means the introduction. This is clear from the meaning of 'a feast' as making one's own and being joined to, dealt with in 3596. Here it is the introduction, for this precedes the joining together, and is a pledge and witness to it. The feasts which were held in early times by people among whom meaningful signs and representatives existed meant nothing else than the introduction into the mutual love which is the essence of charity. Wedding feasts meant the introduction into conjugial love, and sacred feasts the introduction into spiritual and celestial love, the reason being that 'feasting' or eating and drinking meant making one's own and becoming joined to, as shown in 3596.

[2] This being the meaning of 'feasts' the Lord also spoke in the same vein,

Many will come from the east and from the west and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 8:11.

And elsewhere He said to the disciples,

That you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom. Luke 22:30.

And when He instituted the Holy Supper He said,

I tell you that I shall not drink from now on of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom. Matthew 26:29.

Anyone may see that 'reclining', 'eating', and 'drinking' in the Lord's kingdom do not mean reclining, eating, and drinking, but the kind of thing that exists in that kingdom; that is to say, these experiences are used to mean making the good of love and the truth of faith one's own, and so to mean that which is called spiritual food and celestial food. The quotations given above also show plainly that there is an internal sense within words spoken by the Lord, and that without an understanding of that sense one cannot know what is meant by reclining with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, by eating and drinking at the Lord's table in His kingdom, and by drinking of the fruit of the vine with them in the Father's kingdom. Nor indeed can one know what is meant by eating bread and drinking wine in the Holy Supper.

  
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