⁵When Jesus went to Capernaum, a Roman army officer came to beg him for help. ⁶The officer said, “Sir, my servant is lying at home paralyzed and in terrible pain.”

⁷Jesus said to him, “I’ll come to heal him.”

⁸The officer responded, “Sir, I don’t deserve to have you come into my house. But just give a command, and my servant will be healed. ⁹As you know, I’m in a chain of command and have soldiers at my command. I tell one of them, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and another, ‘Come!’ and he comes. I tell my servant, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

¹⁰Jesus was amazed when he heard this. He said to those who were following him, “I can guarantee this truth: I haven’t found faith as great as this in anyone in Israel. ¹¹I can guarantee that many will come from all over the world. They will eat with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. ¹²The citizens of that kingdom will be thrown outside into the darkness. People will cry and be in extreme pain there.

¹³Jesus told the officer, “Go! What you believed will be done for you.” And at that moment the servant was healed.

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