⁸ The officer answered, “Lord, I am not worthy for you to come into my house. You only need to command it, and my servant will be healed.

⁹ I, too, am a man under the authority of others, and I have soldiers under my command. I tell one soldier, ‘Go,’ and he goes. I tell another soldier, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and my servant does it.