The Centurion’s Faith

⁵ And ^(A)when ^[a]Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, ⁶ and saying, “^[b]Lord, my ^[c]servant is ^[d]lying ^(B)paralyzed at home, fearfully tormented.” ⁷ And Jesus *said to him, “I will come and heal him.” ⁸ But the centurion said, “^[e]Lord, I am not good enough 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 man, ‘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 marveled 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 cast 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 that very ^[l]moment.

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.