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Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant

After he had ended all his sayings in the hearing of the people he entered Caper′na-um. Now a centurion had a slave who was dear[a] to him, who was sick and at the point of death. When he heard of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his slave. And when they came to Jesus, they besought him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy to have you do this for him, for he loves our nation, and he built us our synagogue.” And Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; therefore I did not presume to come to you. But say the word, and let my servant be healed. For I am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” When Jesus heard this he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude that followed him, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” 10 And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave well.

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  1. Luke 7:2 Or valuable

After he had ended all his sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

And a certain centurion’s [a]servant, who was [b]dear unto him, was sick and at the point of death. And when he heard concerning Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would come and save his [c]servant. And they, when they came to Jesus, besought him earnestly, saying, He is worthy that thou shouldest do this for him; for he loveth our nation, and himself built us our synagogue. And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not [d]worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say [e]the word, and my [f]servant shall be healed. For I also am a man set under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my [g]servant, Do this, and he doeth it. And when Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned and said unto the multitude that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the [h]servant whole.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 7:2 Greek bondservant.
  2. Luke 7:2 Or, precious to him. Or, honorable with him
  3. Luke 7:3 Greek bondservant.
  4. Luke 7:6 Greek sufficient.
  5. Luke 7:7 Greek with a word.
  6. Luke 7:7 Or, boy
  7. Luke 7:8 Greek bondservant.
  8. Luke 7:10 Greek bondservant.