Luke 7:1–10

The Centurion’s Faith

^1aWhen He had completed all His words in the hearing of the people, ^bHe went to Capernaum.

²And a centurion’s slave, ¹who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die.

³Now when he heard about Jesus, ^ahe sent some ¹Jewish elders asking Him to come and ²save the life of his slave.

⁴And when they came to Jesus, they were earnestly pleading with Him, saying, “He is worthy for You to grant this to him;

⁵for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue.”

⁶Now Jesus was going on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, “¹Lord, 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 ¹say the word, and my ²servant 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.”

⁹Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him. And He turned to the crowd that was following Him and said, “I say to you, ^anot even in Israel have I found such great faith.”

¹⁰And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.