Matthew 8:5-13
New American Standard Bible
The Centurion’s Faith
5 And (A)when [a]Jesus entered Capernaum, a [b]centurion came to Him, begging Him, 6 and saying, “[c]Lord, my [d]servant is lying (B)paralyzed at home, terribly tormented.” 7 Jesus *said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 8 But the centurion replied, “[e]Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just [f]say the word, and my [g]servant will be healed. 9 For I also am a man under (C)authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.” 10 Now when Jesus heard this, He was amazed and said to those who were following, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith [h]with anyone in Israel. 11 And I say to you that many (D)will come from east and west, and [i]recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven; 12 but (E)the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into (F)the outer darkness; in that place (G)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 13 And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; [j]it shall be done for you (H)as you have believed.” And the [k]servant was healed at that very [l]moment.
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- Matthew 8:5 Lit He
- Matthew 8:5 I.e., a Roman military officer
- Matthew 8:6 Or Sir
- Matthew 8:6 Lit boy
- Matthew 8:8 Or Sir
- Matthew 8:8 Lit say with a word
- Matthew 8:8 Lit boy
- Matthew 8:10 One early ms not even in Israel
- Matthew 8:11 I.e., to dine
- Matthew 8:13 Or it is to be done; Gr imperative, i.e., a command
- Matthew 8:13 Lit boy
- Matthew 8:13 Lit hour
Matthew 8:5-13
International Standard Version
Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant(A)
5 When Jesus[a] returned to Capernaum, a centurion[b] came up to him and begged him repeatedly, 6 “Sir,[c] my servant is lying at home paralyzed and in terrible pain.”
7 Jesus[d] told him, “I will come and heal him.”
8 The centurion replied, “Sir,[e] I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed, 9 because I, too, am a man under authority and I have soldiers under me. I say to one of them[f] ‘Go’ and he goes, to another ‘Come’ and he comes, and to my servant ‘Do this’ and he does it.”
10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and told those who were following him, “I tell all of you[g] with certainty, not even[h] in Israel have I found this kind of faith! 11 I tell all of you,[i] many will come from east and west and will feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom from[j] heaven. 12 But the unfaithful heirs[k] of that kingdom will be thrown into the darkness outside. In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”[l]
13 “Go,” Jesus told the centurion, “and it will be done for you, just as you have believed.” And his servant was healed that very hour.
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- Matthew 8:5 Lit. he
- Matthew 8:5 I.e. a commander of about 100 soldiers
- Matthew 8:6 Or Lord
- Matthew 8:7 Lit. He
- Matthew 8:8 Or Lord
- Matthew 8:9 The Gk. lacks of them
- Matthew 8:10 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.
- Matthew 8:10 Other mss. read in no one
- Matthew 8:11 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.
- Matthew 8:11 Lit. of
- Matthew 8:12 Lit. the sons
- Matthew 8:12 I.e. extreme pain
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