Luke 7
Common English Bible
A servant is healed
7 After Jesus finished presenting all his words among the people, he entered Capernaum. 2 A centurion had a servant who was very important to him, but the servant was ill and about to die. 3 When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Jesus to ask him to come and heal his servant. 4 When they came to Jesus, they earnestly pleaded with Jesus. “He deserves to have you do this for him,” they said. 5 “He loves our people and he built our synagogue for us.”
6 Jesus went with them. He had almost reached the house when the centurion sent friends to say to Jesus, “Lord, don’t be bothered. I don’t deserve to have you come under my roof. 7 In fact, I didn’t even consider myself worthy to come to you. Just say the word and my servant will be healed. 8 I’m also a man appointed under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and the servant does it.”
9 When Jesus heard these words, he was impressed with the centurion. He turned to the crowd following him and said, “I tell you, even in Israel I haven’t found faith like this.” 10 When the centurion’s friends returned to his house, they found the servant restored to health.
Jesus raises a widow’s son
11 A little later Jesus went to a city called Nain. His disciples and a great crowd traveled with him. 12 As he approached the city gate, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her. 13 When he saw her, the Lord had compassion for her and said, “Don’t cry.” 14 He stepped forward and touched the stretcher on which the dead man was being carried. Those carrying him stood still. Jesus said, “Young man, I say to you, get up.” 15 The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.
16 Awestruck, everyone praised God. “A great prophet has appeared among us,” they said. “God has come to help his people.” 17 This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding region.
John the Baptist and Jesus
18 John’s disciples informed him about all these things. John called two of his disciples 19 and sent them to the Lord. They were to ask him, “Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for someone else?”
20 When they reached Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you. He asks, ‘Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for someone else?’”
21 Right then, Jesus healed many of their diseases, illnesses, and evil spirits, and he gave sight to a number of blind people. 22 Then he replied to John’s disciples, “Go, report to John what you have seen and heard. Those who were blind are able to see. Those who were crippled now walk. People with skin diseases are cleansed. Those who were deaf now hear. Those who were dead are raised up. And good news is preached to the poor.[a] 23 Happy is anyone who doesn’t stumble along the way because of me.”
24 After John’s messengers were gone, Jesus spoke to the crowds about John. “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A stalk blowing in the wind? 25 What did you go out to see? A man dressed up in refined clothes? Look, those who dress in fashionable clothes and live in luxury are in royal palaces. 26 What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 27 He is the one of whom it’s written: Look, I’m sending my messenger before you, who will prepare your way before you.[b] 28 I tell you that no greater human being has ever been born than John. Yet whoever is least in God’s kingdom is greater than he.” 29 Everyone who heard this, including the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice because they had been baptized by John. 30 But the Pharisees and legal experts rejected God’s will for themselves because they hadn’t been baptized by John.
31 “To what will I compare the people of this generation?” Jesus asked. “What are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace calling out to each other, ‘We played the flute for you and you didn’t dance. We sang a funeral song and you didn’t cry.’ 33 John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34 Yet the Human One[c] came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ 35 But wisdom is proved to be right by all her descendants.”
Forgiveness and gratitude
36 One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him. After he entered the Pharisee’s home, he took his place at the table. 37 Meanwhile, a woman from the city, a sinner, discovered that Jesus was dining in the Pharisee’s house. She brought perfumed oil in a vase made of alabaster. 38 Standing behind him at his feet and crying, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and poured the oil on them. 39 When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw what was happening, he said to himself, If this man were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him. He would know that she is a sinner.
40 Jesus replied, “Simon, I have something to say to you.”
“Teacher, speak,” he said.
41 “A certain lender had two debtors. One owed enough money to pay five hundred people for a day’s work.[d] The other owed enough money for fifty. 42 When they couldn’t pay, the lender forgave the debts of them both. Which of them will love him more?”
43 Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the largest debt canceled.”
Jesus said, “You have judged correctly.”
44 Jesus turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your home, you didn’t give me water for my feet, but she wet my feet with tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You didn’t greet me with a kiss, but she hasn’t stopped kissing my feet since I came in. 46 You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has poured perfumed oil on my feet. 47 This is why I tell you that her many sins have been forgiven; so she has shown great love. The one who is forgiven little loves little.”
48 Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
49 The other table guests began to say among themselves, “Who is this person that even forgives sins?”
50 Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
Lucas 7
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Jesús sana al siervo del centurión
7 Cuando terminó todas Sus palabras[a](A) al pueblo que le oía[b], (B)Jesús se fue a Capernaúm.
2 Y el siervo de cierto centurión, a quien este apreciaba mucho[c], estaba enfermo y a punto de morir. 3 Al oír hablar de Jesús, el centurión(C) envió a Él unos ancianos de los judíos, pidiendo que viniera y salvara[d] a su siervo. 4 Cuando ellos llegaron a Jesús, le rogaron con insistencia, diciendo: «El centurión es digno de que le concedas esto; 5 porque él ama a nuestro pueblo y fue él quien nos edificó la sinagoga».
6 Jesús iba con ellos, pero cuando ya no estaba lejos de la casa, el centurión envió a unos amigos, diciendo: «Señor, no te molestes más, porque no soy digno de que Tú entres bajo mi techo; 7 por eso ni siquiera me consideré digno de ir a Ti, tan solo di la[e] palabra y mi siervo[f] será sanado. 8 Pues yo también soy hombre puesto bajo autoridad, y tengo soldados bajo mis órdenes; y digo a este: “Ve”, y va; y a otro: “Ven”, y viene; y a mi siervo: “Haz esto”, y lo hace».
9 Al oír esto, Jesús se maravilló de él, y volviéndose, dijo a la multitud que lo seguía: «Les digo que ni aun en Israel he hallado una fe tan grande(D)». 10 Cuando los que habían sido enviados regresaron a la casa, encontraron sano al siervo.
Jesús resucita al hijo de la viuda de Naín
11 Aconteció poco después[g] que Jesús fue a una ciudad llamada Naín; y Sus discípulos iban con Él acompañados por[h] una gran multitud. 12 Y cuando se acercaba a la puerta de la ciudad, sacaban fuera a un muerto, hijo único de su madre, y ella era viuda; y un grupo numeroso de la ciudad estaba con ella. 13 Al verla, el Señor(E) tuvo compasión de ella, y le dijo: «No llores».
14 Y acercándose, tocó el féretro; y los que lo llevaban se detuvieron. Y Jesús dijo: «Joven, a ti te digo: ¡Levántate!». 15 El que había muerto se incorporó y comenzó a hablar, y Jesús se lo entregó a su madre. 16 El temor se apoderó de todos(F), y glorificaban a Dios(G), diciendo: «Un gran profeta(H) ha surgido entre nosotros». También decían: «Dios ha visitado a Su pueblo». 17 Este dicho que se decía de Él, se divulgó por toda Judea y por toda la región circunvecina(I).
Jesús y los discípulos de Juan
18 (J)Entonces los discípulos de Juan le informaron de todas estas cosas. 19 Y llamando Juan a dos[i] de sus discípulos, los envió a preguntar al Señor(K): «¿Eres Tú el que ha de venir, o esperamos a otro[j]?».
20 Cuando los hombres llegaron a Él, dijeron: «Juan el Bautista nos ha enviado para que te preguntáramos: “¿Eres Tú el que ha de venir, o esperamos a otro?”». 21 En esa misma hora curó a muchos de enfermedades(L), aflicciones(M) y malos espíritus, y a muchos ciegos les dio la vista. 22 Entonces Él les respondió: «Vayan y cuenten a Juan lo que han visto y oído: los ciegos reciben la vista, los cojos andan, los leprosos quedan limpios y los sordos oyen, los muertos son resucitados y a los pobres se les anuncia el evangelio(N). 23 Y bienaventurado es el que no se escandaliza de Mí».
Jesús habla de Juan el Bautista
24 Cuando los mensajeros de Juan se fueron, Jesús comenzó a hablar a las multitudes acerca de Juan: «¿Qué salieron a ver en el desierto? ¿Una caña sacudida por el viento? 25 Pero, ¿qué salieron a ver? ¿Un hombre vestido con ropas finas? Miren, los que visten con esplendor y viven en deleites están en los palacios de los reyes. 26 Pero, ¿qué salieron a ver? ¿Un profeta? Sí, les digo, y uno que es más que un profeta. 27 Este es aquel de quien está escrito:
“Mira, Yo envío Mi mensajero delante de Ti,
Quien preparará Tu camino delante de Ti(O) ”.
28 Les digo que entre los nacidos de mujer[k] , no hay nadie mayor que Juan; sin embargo, el más pequeño en el reino de Dios es mayor que él».
29 Al oír esto, todo el pueblo y los recaudadores de impuestos[l] reconocieron la justicia(P) de Dios[m], y fueron bautizados(Q) con el bautismo de Juan(R). 30 Pero los fariseos y los intérpretes de la ley[n](S) rechazaron los propósitos de Dios para con ellos, al no ser bautizados por Juan[o].
31 «¿A qué, entonces, compararé los hombres de esta generación, y a qué son semejantes? 32 Son semejantes a los muchachos que se sientan en la plaza y se llaman unos a otros, y dicen: “Les tocamos la flauta, y no bailaron; entonamos endechas, y no lloraron”. 33 Porque ha venido Juan el Bautista, que no come pan, ni bebe vino(T), y ustedes dicen: “Tiene un demonio”. 34 Ha venido el Hijo del Hombre, que come y bebe, y dicen: “Miren, un hombre glotón y bebedor de vino, amigo de recaudadores de impuestos y de pecadores”. 35 Pero[p]la sabiduría es justificada(U)por todos sus hijos».
Jesús perdona a una pecadora
36 Uno de los fariseos pidió a Jesús que comiera con él; y entrando Él en la casa del fariseo, se sentó[q] a la mesa. 37 Había en la ciudad una mujer que era pecadora, y cuando se enteró de que Jesús estaba sentado[r] a la mesa en casa del fariseo, trajo un frasco de alabastro con perfume(V); 38 y poniéndose detrás de Él a Sus pies, llorando, comenzó a regar Sus pies con lágrimas y los secaba con los cabellos de su cabeza, besaba Sus pies y los ungía con el perfume. 39 Pero al ver esto el fariseo que lo había invitado, dijo para sí[s]: «Si Este fuera un profeta[t](W), sabría quién y qué clase de mujer es la que lo está tocando, que es una pecadora».
40 Y Jesús le dijo*: «Simón, tengo algo que decirte». «Di, Maestro», le contestó. 41 «Cierto prestamista tenía dos deudores; uno le debía 500 denarios[u](X)y el otro cincuenta; 42 y no teniendo ellos con qué pagar(Y), perdonó generosamente a los dos. ¿Cuál de ellos, entonces, lo amará más?».
43 «Supongo que aquel a quien le perdonó más», respondió Simón. Y Jesús le dijo: «Has juzgado correctamente».
44 Y volviéndose hacia la mujer, le dijo a Simón: «¿Ves esta mujer? Yo entré a tu casa y no me diste agua para Mis pies(Z), pero ella ha regado Mis pies con sus lágrimas y los ha secado con sus cabellos. 45 No me diste beso(AA), pero ella, desde que entré, no ha cesado[v]de besar Mis pies. 46 No ungiste Mi cabeza con aceite(AB), pero ella ungió Mis pies con perfume. 47 Por lo cual te digo que sus pecados, que son muchos, han sido perdonados, porque amó mucho; pero a quien poco se le perdona, poco ama». 48 Entonces Jesús le dijo a la mujer: «Tus pecados han sido perdonados(AC)».
49 Los que estaban sentados[w] a la mesa con Él comenzaron a decir entre sí: «¿Quién es Este que hasta perdona pecados(AD)?». 50 Pero Jesús dijo a la mujer: «Tu fe te ha salvado(AE), vete en paz(AF)».
Footnotes
- 7:1 O todo Su discurso.
- 7:1 Lit. a oídos del pueblo.
- 7:2 Lit. para quien él era honorable.
- 7:3 O sanara.
- 7:7 Lit. mas habla con una.
- 7:7 Lit. muchacho.
- 7:11 Algunos mss. dicen: al día siguiente.
- 7:11 Lit. y.
- 7:19 Lit. ciertos dos.
- 7:19 Algunos de los mss. más antiguos dicen: uno diferente.
- 7:28 Lit. mujeres.
- 7:29 O publicanos; i.e. los que explotaban la recaudación de los impuestos romanos, y así en el vers. 34.
- 7:29 O justificaron a Dios.
- 7:30 I.e. expertos en la ley de Moisés.
- 7:30 Lit. él.
- 7:35 Lit. Y.
- 7:36 Lit. se recostó.
- 7:37 Lit. recostado.
- 7:39 Lit. para sí diciendo.
- 7:39 Algunos mss. dicen: el profeta.
- 7:41 I.e. salario de 500 días.
- 7:45 Lit. no cesaba.
- 7:49 Lit. reclinados.
Luke 7
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
7 After Jesus had finished all that He had to say in the hearing of the people [on the mountain], He entered Capernaum.
2 Now a centurion had a bond servant who was held in honor and highly valued by him, who was sick and at the point of death.
3 And when the centurion heard of Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, requesting Him to come and make his bond servant well.
4 And when they reached Jesus, they begged Him earnestly, saying, He is worthy that You should do this for him,
5 For he loves our nation and he built us our synagogue [at his own expense].
6 And Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent [some] friends to Him, saying, Lord, do not trouble [Yourself], for I am not [a]sufficiently worthy to have You come under my roof;
7 Neither did I consider myself worthy to come to You. But [just] speak a word, and my servant boy will be healed.
8 For I also am a man [daily] subject to authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bond servant, Do this, and he does it.
9 Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and He turned and said to the crowd that followed Him, I tell you, not even in [all] Israel have I found such great faith [as this].
10 And when the messengers who had been sent returned to the house, they found the bond servant [b]who had been ill quite well again.
11 [c]Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and His disciples and a great throng accompanied Him.
12 [Just] as He drew near the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large gathering from the town was accompanying her.
13 And when the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, Do not weep.
14 And He went forward and touched the funeral bier, and the pallbearers stood still. And He said, Young man, I say to you, arise [[d]from death]!
15 And the man [who was] dead sat up and began to speak. And [Jesus] gave him [back] to his mother.
16 Profound and reverent fear seized them all, and they began [e]to recognize God and praise and give thanks, saying, A great [f]Prophet has appeared among us! And God has visited His people [in order to help and care for and provide for them]!
17 And this report concerning [Jesus] spread through the whole of Judea and all the country round about.(A)
18 And John’s disciples brought him [who was now in prison] word of all these things.
19 And John summoned to him a certain two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord, saying, Are You He Who is to come, or shall we [continue to] look for another?
20 So the men came to Jesus and said, John the Baptist sent us to You to ask, Are You the One Who is to come, or shall we [continue to] look for another?
21 In that very hour Jesus was healing many [people] of sicknesses and distressing bodily plagues and evil spirits, and to many who were blind He gave [[g]a free, gracious, joy-giving gift of] sight.
22 So He replied to them, Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the good news (the Gospel) preached to them.(B)
23 And blessed (happy—[h]with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from outward conditions—and [i]to be envied) is he who takes no offense in Me and who is not hurt or resentful or annoyed or repelled or made to stumble [[j]whatever may occur].
24 And the messengers of John having departed, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: What did you go out into the desert to gaze on? A reed shaken and swayed by the wind?
25 Then what did you go out to see? A man dressed up in soft garments? Behold, those who wear fine apparel and live in luxury are in the courts or palaces of kings.
26 What then did you go out to see? A prophet (a forthteller)? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.
27 This is the one of whom it is written, Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall make ready Your way before You.(C)
28 I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; but [k]he that is inferior [to the other citizens] in the kingdom of God is greater [in incomparable privilege] than he.
29 And all the people who heard Him, even the tax collectors, acknowledged the justice of God [in [l]calling them to repentance and in pronouncing future wrath on the impenitent], being baptized with the baptism of John.
30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers [of the Mosaic Law] annulled and rejected and brought to nothing God’s purpose concerning themselves, by [refusing and] not being baptized by him [John].
31 So to what shall I compare the men of this generation? And what are they like?
32 They are like little children sitting in the marketplace, calling to one another and saying, We piped to you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we sang dirges and wailed [playing funeral], and you did not weep.
33 For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon.
34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, Behold, a Man Who is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and notorious sinners.
35 Yet wisdom is vindicated ([m]shown to be true and divine) by all her children [[n]by their life, character, and deeds].
36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, and He went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table.
37 And behold, a woman of the town who was [o]an especially wicked sinner, when she learned that He was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment (perfume).
38 And standing behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with [her] tears; and she wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed His feet [affectionately] and anointed them with the ointment (perfume).
39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw it, he said to himself, If this Man were a prophet, He would surely know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching Him—for she is a notorious sinner (a social outcast, devoted to sin).
40 And Jesus, replying, said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he answered, Teacher, say it.
41 A certain lender of money [at interest] had two debtors: one owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
42 When they had no means of paying, he freely forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?
43 Simon answered, The one, I take it, for whom he forgave and cancelled more. And Jesus said to him, You have decided correctly.
44 Then turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, Do you see this woman? When I came into your house, you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
45 You gave Me no kiss, but she from the moment I came in has not ceased [[p]intermittently] to kiss My feet tenderly and caressingly.
46 You did not anoint My head with [q][cheap, ordinary] oil, but she has anointed My feet with [r][costly, rare] perfume.
47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, many [as they are], are forgiven her—because she has loved much. But he who is forgiven little loves little.
48 And He said to her, Your sins are forgiven!
49 Then those who were at table with Him began to say among themselves, Who is this Who even forgives sins?
50 But Jesus said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go (enter) [s]into peace [[t]in freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin].
Footnotes
- Luke 7:6 Literal translation: “sufficient.”
- Luke 7:10 Some manuscripts add this phrase.
- Luke 7:11 Many ancient manuscripts read “the next day.”
- Luke 7:14 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Luke 7:16 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Luke 7:16 Capitalized because of what He is, the spotless Son of God, not what the speakers may have thought He was.
- Luke 7:21 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Luke 7:23 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Luke 7:23 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.
- Luke 7:23 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Luke 7:28 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Luke 7:29 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Luke 7:35 Albert Barnes, Notes on the New Testament.
- Luke 7:35 Albert Barnes, Notes on the New Testament.
- Luke 7:37 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Luke 7:45 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Luke 7:46 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Luke 7:46 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Luke 7:50 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Luke 7:50 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
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