Luke 7

7Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, ^ahe entered into Capernaum. ²And a certain centurion’s servant, who was ^bdear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. ³And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him ^cthe elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and ^dheal his servant. ⁴And when they came to Jesus, they besought him ^einstantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this: ^5fFor he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. ⁶Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent ^cfriends to him, saying unto him, Lord, ^gtrouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: ⁷Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. ⁸For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto ^†one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. ⁹When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found ^hso great faith, no, not in Israel. ¹⁰And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.

¹¹And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. ¹²Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, ⁱthe only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. ¹³And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. ¹⁴And he came and touched the ^||kbier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, ^lArise. ¹⁵And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. ^16mAnd there came a fear on all: and ⁿthey glorified God, saying, That a great ^oprophet is risen up among us; and, ^pThat God hath visited his people. ¹⁷And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.

^18qAnd the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. ¹⁹And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? ²⁰When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? ²¹And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and ^rplagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he ^sgave sight. ²²Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. ²³And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. ²⁴And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? ²⁵But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts. ²⁶But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. ²⁷This is he, of whom it is written, ^tBehold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. ²⁸For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. ²⁹And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, ^ujustified God, ^wbeing baptized with ^xthe baptism of John. ³⁰But the Pharisees and ^ylawyers ^||rejected ^zthe counsel of God ^||against themselves, being not baptized of him.

³¹And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? ³²They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. ³³For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. ³⁴The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! ³⁵But wisdom is ^ujustified of all her children.

^36aAnd one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. ³⁷And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought ^ban alabaster box of ointment, ³⁸And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did ^cwipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. ³⁹Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, ^dThis man, if he were ^ea prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner. ⁴⁰And Jesus ^fanswering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. ⁴¹There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred ^||pence, and the other fifty. ⁴²And when they had nothing to pay, he ^gfrankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? ⁴³Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. ⁴⁴And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, ^hthou gavest me no water for my feet: but ⁱshe hath washed my feet with tears, and ^cwiped them with the hairs of her head. ^45kThou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. ^46lMy head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. ⁴⁷Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she ^mloved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. ⁴⁸And he said unto her, ⁿThy sins are forgiven. ⁴⁹And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, ^oWho is this that forgiveth sins also? ⁵⁰And he said to the woman, ^pThy ^mfaith hath ^qsaved thee; ^rgo in peace.