Matt 8:18-34

Vs 18 - 22 In modern terms what these two people were doing was looking for work. Jesus wasn't God to them, and they weren't offering a binding life time (in fact eternal) commitment to Him. They both knew the deal. 'If you want to be part of the Rabbi's outfit you have to go with him.' Jesus looks "right through" them. They only want apparent benefits, but the high price isn't even on their radar screen. The MDB remarks about vs 21 are good.

Vs 23-27 God controls the weather. Jesus is God.

Vs 28-34 The other gospel accounts only focus on one of the men, but Matthew notes that there were in fact two messed up individuals by the tombs. The Gentiles don't know what to make of it, so they exercise their pagan determinism, "voice of fate" mentality and tell Jesus to leave. For now this is reasonable, seeing as the Jews aren't 'mad as hornets' yet so there's no reason to rush that along.