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“Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”
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The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
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For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
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Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.
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“The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.
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It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
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God’s Chosen Servant
Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill.
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“Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
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“The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
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“‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
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The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
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“Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
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“At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’
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The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
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“But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.
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“His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’
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When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.
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“Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to.
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Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’
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Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
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When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.
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“The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
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Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.
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He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
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“Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
