Matthew 8:9-11

The Voice

⁹That, after all, is how authority works. My troops obey me whether I am next to them or not—similarly, this sickness will obey You.

¹⁰Jesus was stunned by the depth of the officer’s faith.

Jesus (to His followers): This is the plain truth: I have not met a single person in Israel with as much faith as this officer. ¹¹It will not be just the children of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob who celebrate at their heavenly banquet at the end of time. No, people will come from the East and the West—and those who recognize Me, regardless of their lineage, will sit with Me at that feast.

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