Matthew 8:5-13

New Century Version

Jesus Heals a Soldier’s Servant

⁵ When Jesus entered the city of Capernaum, an army officer came to him, begging for help. ⁶ The officer said, “Lord, my servant is at home in bed. He can’t move his body and is in much pain.”

⁷ Jesus said to the officer, “I will go and heal him.”

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.

¹⁰ When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. He said to those who were following him, “I tell you the truth, this is the greatest faith I have found, even in Israel. ¹¹ Many people will come from the east and from the west and will sit and eat with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. ¹² But those people who should be in the kingdom will be thrown outside into the darkness, where people will cry and grind their teeth with pain.”

¹³ Then Jesus said to the officer, “Go home. Your servant will be healed just as you believed he would.” And his servant was healed that same hour.