Now Jesus started on His way with them; but already, when He was not yet far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, “[a]Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to enter under my roof; for that reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You; but just [b]say the word, and my servant [c]shall be healed. For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers under myself; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 7:6 Or Sir
  2. Luke 7:7 Lit say with a word
  3. Luke 7:7 A command in Greek

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