Lucas 7
Nova Versão Internacional
Um Centurião Demonstra Fé(A)
7 Tendo terminado de dizer tudo isso ao povo, Jesus entrou em Cafarnaum. 2 Ali estava o servo de um centurião, doente e quase à morte, a quem seu senhor estimava muito. 3 Ele ouviu falar de Jesus e enviou-lhe alguns líderes religiosos dos judeus, pedindo-lhe que fosse curar o seu servo. 4 Chegando-se a Jesus, suplicaram-lhe com insistência: “Este homem merece que lhe faças isso, 5 porque ama a nossa nação e construiu a nossa sinagoga”. 6 Jesus foi com eles.
Já estava perto da casa quando o centurião mandou amigos dizerem a Jesus: “Senhor, não te incomodes, pois não mereço receber-te debaixo do meu teto. 7 Por isso, nem me considerei digno de ir ao teu encontro. Mas dize uma palavra, e o meu servo será curado. 8 Pois eu também sou homem sujeito a autoridade, e com soldados sob o meu comando. Digo a um: Vá, e ele vai; e a outro: Venha, e ele vem. Digo a meu servo: Faça isto, e ele faz”.
9 Ao ouvir isso, Jesus admirou-se dele e, voltando-se para a multidão que o seguia, disse: “Eu lhes digo que nem em Israel encontrei tamanha fé”. 10 Então os homens que haviam sido enviados voltaram para casa e encontraram o servo restabelecido.
Jesus Ressuscita o Filho de uma Viúva
11 Logo depois, Jesus foi a uma cidade chamada Naim, e com ele iam os seus discípulos e uma grande multidão. 12 Ao se aproximar da porta da cidade, estava saindo o enterro do filho único de uma viúva; e uma grande multidão da cidade estava com ela. 13 Ao vê-la, o Senhor se compadeceu dela e disse: “Não chore”.
14 Depois, aproximou-se e tocou no caixão, e os que o carregavam pararam. Jesus disse: “Jovem, eu lhe digo, levante-se!” 15 O jovem[a] sentou-se e começou a conversar, e Jesus o entregou à sua mãe.
16 Todos ficaram cheios de temor e louvavam a Deus. “Um grande profeta se levantou entre nós”, diziam eles. “Deus interveio em favor do seu povo.” 17 Essas notícias sobre Jesus espalharam-se por toda a Judéia e regiões circunvizinhas.
Jesus e João Batista(B)
18 Os discípulos de João contaram-lhe todas essas coisas. Chamando dois deles, 19 enviou-os ao Senhor para perguntarem: “És tu aquele que haveria de vir ou devemos esperar algum outro?”
20 Dirigindo-se a Jesus, aqueles homens disseram: “João Batista nos enviou para te perguntarmos: ‘És tu aquele que haveria de vir ou devemos esperar algum outro?’” 21 Naquele momento Jesus curou muitos que tinham males, doenças graves e espíritos malignos, e concedeu visão a muitos que eram cegos. 22 Então ele respondeu aos mensageiros: “Voltem e anunciem a João o que vocês viram e ouviram: os cegos vêem, os aleijados andam, os leprosos[b] são purificados, os surdos ouvem, os mortos são ressuscitados e as boas novas são pregadas aos pobres; 23 e feliz é aquele que não se escandaliza por minha causa”.
24 Depois que os mensageiros de João foram embora, Jesus começou a falar à multidão a respeito de João: “O que vocês foram ver no deserto? Um caniço agitado pelo vento? 25 Ou, o que foram ver? Um homem vestido de roupas finas? Ora, os que vestem roupas esplêndidas e se entregam ao luxo estão nos palácios. 26 Afinal, o que foram ver? Um profeta? Sim, eu lhes digo, e mais que profeta. 27 Este é aquele a respeito de quem está escrito:
“‘Enviarei o meu mensageiro
à tua frente;
ele preparará o teu caminho diante de ti’[c].
28 Eu lhes digo que entre os que nasceram de mulher não há ninguém maior do que João; todavia, o menor no Reino de Deus é maior do que ele”.
29 Todo o povo, até os publicanos, ouvindo as palavras de Jesus, reconheceram que o caminho de Deus era justo, sendo batizados por João. 30 Mas os fariseus e os peritos na lei rejeitaram o propósito de Deus para eles, não sendo batizados por João.
31 “A que posso, pois, comparar os homens desta geração?”, prosseguiu Jesus. “Com que se parecem? 32 São como crianças que ficam sentadas na praça e gritam umas às outras:
“‘Nós lhes tocamos flauta,
mas vocês não dançaram;
cantamos um lamento,
mas vocês não choraram’.
33 Pois veio João Batista, que jejua e não bebe[d] vinho, e vocês dizem: ‘Ele tem demônio’. 34 Veio o Filho do homem, comendo e bebendo, e vocês dizem: ‘Aí está um comilão e beberrão, amigo de publicanos e “pecadores”’. 35 Mas a sabedoria é comprovada por todos os seus discípulos[e].”
Jesus é Ungido por uma Pecadora
36 Convidado por um dos fariseus para jantar, Jesus foi à casa dele e reclinou-se à mesa. 37 Ao saber que Jesus estava comendo na casa do fariseu, certa mulher daquela cidade, uma ‘pecadora’, trouxe um frasco de alabastro com perfume, 38 e se colocou atrás de Jesus, a seus pés. Chorando, começou a molhar-lhe os pés com suas lágrimas. Depois os enxugou com seus cabelos, beijou-os e os ungiu com o perfume.
39 Ao ver isso, o fariseu que o havia convidado disse a si mesmo: “Se este homem fosse profeta, saberia quem nele está tocando e que tipo de mulher ela é: uma ‘pecadora’”.
40 Então lhe disse Jesus: “Simão, tenho algo a lhe dizer”.
“Dize, Mestre”, disse ele.
41 “Dois homens deviam a certo credor. Um lhe devia quinhentos denários[f] e o outro, cinqüenta. 42 Nenhum dos dois tinha com que lhe pagar, por isso perdoou a dívida a ambos. Qual deles o amará mais?”
43 Simão respondeu: “Suponho que aquele a quem foi perdoada a dívida maior”.
“Você julgou bem”, disse Jesus.
44 Em seguida, virou-se para a mulher e disse a Simão: “Vê esta mulher? Entrei em sua casa, mas você não me deu água para lavar os pés; ela, porém, molhou os meus pés com suas lágrimas e os enxugou com seus cabelos. 45 Você não me saudou com um beijo, mas esta mulher, desde que entrei aqui, não parou de beijar os meus pés. 46 Você não ungiu a minha cabeça com óleo, mas ela derramou perfume nos meus pés. 47 Portanto, eu lhe digo, os muitos pecados dela lhe foram perdoados; pois ela amou muito. Mas aquele a quem pouco foi perdoado, pouco ama”.
48 Então Jesus disse a ela: “Seus pecados estão perdoados”.
49 Os outros convidados começaram a perguntar: “Quem é este que até perdoa pecados?”
50 Jesus disse à mulher: “Sua fé a salvou; vá em paz”.
Luke 7
New Living Translation
The Faith of a Roman Officer
7 When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people, he returned to Capernaum. 2 At that time the highly valued slave of a Roman officer[a] was sick and near death. 3 When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some respected Jewish elders to ask him to come and heal his slave. 4 So they earnestly begged Jesus to help the man. “If anyone deserves your help, he does,” they said, 5 “for he loves the Jewish people and even built a synagogue for us.”
6 So Jesus went with them. But just before they arrived at the house, the officer sent some friends to say, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself by coming to my home, for I am not worthy of such an honor. 7 I am not even worthy to come and meet you. Just say the word from where you are, and my servant will be healed. 8 I know this because I am under the authority of my superior officers, and I have authority over my soldiers. I only need to say, ‘Go,’ and they go, or ‘Come,’ and they come. And if I say to my slaves, ‘Do this,’ they do it.”
9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, “I tell you, I haven’t seen faith like this in all Israel!” 10 And when the officer’s friends returned to his house, they found the slave completely healed.
Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son
11 Soon afterward Jesus went with his disciples to the village of Nain, and a large crowd followed him. 12 A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the village gate. The young man who had died was a widow’s only son, and a large crowd from the village was with her. 13 When the Lord saw her, his heart overflowed with compassion. “Don’t cry!” he said. 14 Then he walked over to the coffin and touched it, and the bearers stopped. “Young man,” he said, “I tell you, get up.” 15 Then the dead boy sat up and began to talk! And Jesus gave him back to his mother.
16 Great fear swept the crowd, and they praised God, saying, “A mighty prophet has risen among us,” and “God has visited his people today.” 17 And the news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding countryside.
Jesus and John the Baptist
18 The disciples of John the Baptist told John about everything Jesus was doing. So John called for two of his disciples, 19 and he sent them to the Lord to ask him, “Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting,[b] or should we keep looking for someone else?”
20 John’s two disciples found Jesus and said to him, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?’”
21 At that very time, Jesus cured many people of their diseases, illnesses, and evil spirits, and he restored sight to many who were blind. 22 Then he told John’s disciples, “Go back to John and tell him what you have seen and heard—the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.” 23 And he added, “God blesses those who do not fall away because of me.[c]”
24 After John’s disciples left, Jesus began talking about him to the crowds. “What kind of man did you go into the wilderness to see? Was he a weak reed, swayed by every breath of wind? 25 Or were you expecting to see a man dressed in expensive clothes? No, people who wear beautiful clothes and live in luxury are found in palaces. 26 Were you looking for a prophet? Yes, and he is more than a prophet. 27 John is the man to whom the Scriptures refer when they say,
‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
and he will prepare your way before you.’[d]
28 I tell you, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of God is greater than he is!”
29 When they heard this, all the people—even the tax collectors—agreed that God’s way was right,[e] for they had been baptized by John. 30 But the Pharisees and experts in religious law rejected God’s plan for them, for they had refused John’s baptism.
31 “To what can I compare the people of this generation?” Jesus asked. “How can I describe them? 32 They are like children playing a game in the public square. They complain to their friends,
‘We played wedding songs,
and you didn’t dance,
so we played funeral songs,
and you didn’t weep.’
33 For John the Baptist didn’t spend his time eating bread or drinking wine, and you say, ‘He’s possessed by a demon.’ 34 The Son of Man,[f] on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’ 35 But wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who follow it.[g]”
Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman
36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat.[h] 37 When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. 38 Then she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing his feet and putting perfume on them.
39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him. She’s a sinner!”
40 Then Jesus answered his thoughts. “Simon,” he said to the Pharisee, “I have something to say to you.”
“Go ahead, Teacher,” Simon replied.
41 Then Jesus told him this story: “A man loaned money to two people—500 pieces of silver[i] to one and 50 pieces to the other. 42 But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, canceling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that?”
43 Simon answered, “I suppose the one for whom he canceled the larger debt.”
“That’s right,” Jesus said. 44 Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Look at this woman kneeling here. When I entered your home, you didn’t offer me water to wash the dust from my feet, but she has washed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You didn’t greet me with a kiss, but from the time I first came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You neglected the courtesy of olive oil to anoint my head, but she has anointed my feet with rare perfume.
47 “I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.” 48 Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”
49 The men at the table said among themselves, “Who is this man, that he goes around forgiving sins?”
50 And Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
Footnotes
- 7:2 Greek a centurion; similarly in 7:6.
- 7:19 Greek Are you the one who is coming? Also in 7:20.
- 7:23 Or who are not offended by me.
- 7:27 Mal 3:1.
- 7:29 Or praised God for his justice.
- 7:34 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
- 7:35 Or But wisdom is justified by all her children.
- 7:36 Or and reclined.
- 7:41 Greek 500 denarii. A denarius was equivalent to a laborer’s full day’s wage.
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