New Testament in a Year

The Centurion’s Faith

7 ^(A)When He had completed all His words in the hearing of the people, ^(B)He went to Capernaum.

² And a centurion’s slave, ^[a]who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die. ³ Now when he heard about Jesus, ^(C)he sent some ^[b]Jewish elders asking Him to come and ^[c]save the life of his slave. ⁴ And when they came to Jesus, they were earnestly pleading with Him, saying, “He is worthy for You to grant this to him; ⁵ for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue.” ⁶ Now Jesus was going on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, “^[d]Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not good enough for You to come under my roof. ⁷ For this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You, but just ^[e]say the word, and my ^[f]servant will be healed. ⁸ For I also am a man placed under 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.” ⁹ Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him. And He turned to the crowd that was following Him and said, “I say to you, ^(D)not even in Israel have I found such great faith.” ¹⁰ And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

¹¹ And it happened that soon afterwards He went to a city called Nain, and His disciples were going along with Him, ^[g]accompanied by a large crowd. ¹² Now as He approached the gate of the city, behold, ^[h]a dead man was being carried out, the ^[i]only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a sizeable crowd from the city was with her. ¹³ And when ^(E)the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her and said to her, “Do not cry.” ¹⁴ And He came up and touched the coffin, and the bearers came to a halt. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise!” ¹⁵ And the ^[j]dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother. ^16 (F)And fear gripped them all, and they began ^(G)glorifying God, saying, “A great ^(H)prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has ^[k]visited His people!” ^17 (I)And this report concerning Him went out all over Judea and in all the surrounding district.

Questions from John the Baptist

^18 (J)And the disciples of John reported to him about all these things. ¹⁹ Summoning ^[l]two of his disciples, John sent them to ^(K)the Lord, saying, “Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?” ²⁰ When the men came to Him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to You, saying, ‘Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?’” ²¹ At that ^[m]very time He ^(L)cured many people of diseases and ^(M)afflictions and evil spirits, and He granted sight to many who were blind. ²² And He answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the ^(N)blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the ^(O)poor have the gospel preached to them. ²³ Blessed is he ^[n]who does not take offense at Me.”

²⁴ And when the messengers of John had left, He began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? ^25 [o]But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft garments? Behold, those who are splendidly clothed and live in luxury are found in royal palaces! ²⁶ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and even more than a prophet. ²⁷ This is the one about whom it is written,

²⁸ I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is ^[q]least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” ²⁹ And when all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they ^[r]acknowledged ^(Q)God’s justice, ^(R)having been baptized with ^(S)the baptism of John. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and the ^(T)scholars of the Law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by ^[s]John.