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The centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But simply say the word and my servant will be healed.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 8:8 Lord, I am not worthy . . . will be healed: these words of the centurion have become those of believers who go to encounter the Lord in Holy Communion.

The centurion answered and said, “Lord, (A)I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only (B)speak a word, and my servant will be healed.

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Officer: Lord, I don’t deserve to have You in my house. And, in truth, I know You don’t need to be with my servant to heal him. Just say the word, and he will be healed.

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