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Matthew 8:5–8

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A Centurion’s Slave Healed

5Now when* he entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him, appealing to him 6and saying, “Lord, my slavea is lying paralyzed in myb house, terribly tormented!” 7And he said to him, “I will come and* heal him.” 8And the centurion answered and* said, “Lord, I am not worthy that you should come in under my roof. But only say the word and my slave will be healed.

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Footnotes

  1. *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“entered”)
  2. aTraditionally “servant”; the Greek term here is one often used of a slave who was regarded with some degree of affection, possibly a personal servant (the parallel passage in Luke 7:7 uses the more common term for slave)
  3. bLiterally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  4. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“come”) has been translated as a finite verb
  5. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”

Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”

The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, pleading with him, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible agony.”

He said to him, “Am I to come and heal him?”

“Lord,” the centurion replied, “I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

NLTNew Living Translation

When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer came and pleaded with him, “Lord, my young servant lies in bed, paralyzed and in terrible pain.”

Jesus said, “I will come and heal him.”

But the officer said, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come into my home. Just say the word from where you are, and my servant will be healed.

KJV 1900King James Version

And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.