The Faith of a Centurion

^5 (A)When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, ⁶ “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” ⁷ And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” ⁸ But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but ^(B)only say the word, and my servant will be healed. ⁹ For I too am a man 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 servant,^[a] ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ¹⁰ When Jesus heard this, ^(C)he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with ^(D)no one in Israel^[b] have I found such faith. ¹¹ I tell you, ^(E)many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, ^12 (F)while the sons of the kingdom ^(G)will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place ^(H)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” ¹³ And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you ^(I)as you have believed.” ^(J)And the servant was healed at that very moment.

²⁴ He answered, ^(A)“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” ²⁵ But she came and ^(B)knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” ²⁶ And he answered, “It is not right to take the children's bread and ^(C)throw it to the dogs.” ²⁷ She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat ^(D)the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.” ²⁸ Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, ^(E)great is your faith! ^(F)Be it done for you as you desire.” ^(G)And her daughter was ^(H)healed instantly.^[a]

^9 (A)Pray then like this:

^18 (A)having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is ^(B)the hope to which he has called you, what are ^(C)the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹ and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, ^(D)according to the working of ^(E)his great might ²⁰ that he worked in Christ ^(F)when he raised him from the dead and ^(G)seated him at his right hand ^(H)in the heavenly places, ^21 (I)far above ^(J)all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above ^(K)every name that is named, not only in ^(L)this age but also in the one to come. ²² And ^(M)he put all things under his feet and gave him as ^(N)head over all things to the church, ^23 (O)which is his body, ^(P)the fullness of him ^(Q)who fills ^(R)all in all.

⁴ But^[a] God, being ^(A)rich in mercy, ^(B)because of the great love with which he loved us, ⁵ even ^(C)when we were dead in our trespasses, ^(D)made us alive together with Christ—^(E)by grace you have been saved— ⁶ and raised us up with him and ^(F)seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

¹⁹ Behold, I have given you authority ^(A)to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of ^(B)the enemy, and ^(C)nothing shall hurt you.