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10 Jesus stood there amazed! Turning to the crowd he said, “I haven’t seen faith like this in all the land of Israel! 11 And I tell you this, that many Gentiles like this Roman officer,[a] shall come from all over the world and sit down in the Kingdom of Heaven with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 12 And many an Israelite—those for whom the Kingdom was prepared—shall be cast into outer darkness, into the place of weeping and torment.”

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  1. Matthew 8:11 like this Roman officer, implied.

10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.(A) 11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west,(B) and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.(C) 12 But the subjects of the kingdom(D) will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”(E)

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