^7:6So²⁰ Jesus went with them. When²¹ he was not far from the house, the centurion²² sent friends to say to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself,²³ for I am not worthy²⁴ to have you come under my roof. ^7:7That is why²⁵ I did not presume²⁶ to come to you. Instead, say the word, and my servant must be healed.²⁷

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Footnotes

20 Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the resultative action.
21 The participle ἀπέχοντος (apechontos) has been taken temporally.
22 See the note on the word centurion in .
23 Or “do not be bothered.”
24 Note the humility in the centurion’s statement I am not worthy in light of what others think (as v. 4 notes). See Luke 5:8 for a similar example of humility.
25 Or “roof; therefore.”
26 Grk “I did not consider myself worthy to come to you.” See ἀξιόω 1. “Presume” assumes this and expresses the idea in terms of offense.
27 The aorist imperative ἰαθήτω (iathētō, “must be healed”) is found in 𝔓75vid B L 1241 sa. Most (א A C D W Θ Ψ f1, 13 33 𝔐 latt bo) have instead a future indicative, ἰαθήσεται (iathēsetai, “will be healed”). This is most likely an assimilation to Matt 8:8, and thus, as a motivated reading, should be considered secondary. The meaning either way is essentially the same. The aorist imperative may be translated as an imperative of command (“must be healed” or, more periphrastically, “command [my servant] to be healed”) or as a permissive imperative (“let my servant be healed”), which lessens the force of the imperative somewhat in English.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. Therefore I did not presume to come to you. But say the word, and let my servant be healed.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So Jesus went with them.

He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Jesus went with them, and when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell him, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, since I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. That is why I didn’t even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.

NLTNew Living Translation

So Jesus went with them. But just before they arrived at the house, the officer sent some friends to say, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself by coming to my home, for I am not worthy of such an honor. I am not even worthy to come and meet you. Just say the word from where you are, and my servant will be healed.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So Jesus went with them. Now by this time he was not far away from the house, and the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy that you should come in under my roof. For this reason neither did I consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word and my slave must be healed.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

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