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Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant

^1 (C1)When He had completed all His discourse in the hearing of the people, ^(C2)He went to Capernaum.

² And a centurion's slave, ^(F1)who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die.³ When he heard about Jesus, ^(C1)he sent some ^(F1)Jewish elders asking Him to come and ^(F2)save the life of his slave.⁴ When they came to Jesus, they earnestly implored 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 started on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, "^(F1)Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof;⁷ for this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You, but just ^(F1)say the word, and my ^(F2)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 turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, "I say to you, ^(C1)not even in Israel have I found such great faith."¹⁰ When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

¹¹ Soon afterwards He went to a city called Nain; and His disciples were going along with Him, ^(F1)accompanied by a large crowd.¹² Now as He approached the gate of the city, ^(F1)a dead man was being carried out, the ^(F2)only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her.¹³ When ^(C1)the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, "^(F1)Do not weep."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 The ^(F1)dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.^16 (C1)Fear gripped them all, and they began ^(C2)glorifying God, saying, "A great ^(C3)prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has ^(F1)visited His people!"^17 (C1)This report concerning Him went out all over Judea and in all the surrounding district.

A Deputation from John

^18 (C1)The disciples of John reported to him about all these things.¹⁹ Summoning ^(F1)two of his disciples, John sent them to ^(C1)the Lord, saying, "Are You the ^(F2)Expected One, or do we look for someone else?"²⁰ When the men came to Him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to You, to ask, 'Are You the ^(F1)Expected One, or do we look for someone else?'"²¹ At that ^(F1)very time He ^(C1)cured many people of diseases and ^(C2)afflictions and evil spirits; and He gave 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 ^(C1)BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the ^(C2)POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM.²³ "Blessed is he ^(F1)who does not take offense at Me."

²⁴ 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 see? A reed shaken by the wind?²⁵ "^(F1)But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft ^(F2)clothing? 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 one who is more than a prophet.²⁷ "This is the one about whom it is written,

'^(C1)BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER ^(F1)AHEAD OF YOU,
WHO WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY BEFORE YOU.'

³¹ "To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?³² "They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and they say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.'³³ "For John the Baptist has come ^(C1)eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!'³⁴ "The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a ^(F1)drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and ^(F2)sinners!'³⁵ "Yet wisdom ^(C1)is vindicated by all her children."

³⁶ Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to ^(F1)dine with him, and He entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table.^37 (C1)And there was a woman in the city who was a ^(F1)sinner; and when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume,³⁸ and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.³⁹ Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were ^(C1)a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a ^(F1)sinner."

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