Matthew 8:5–13

The Faith of the Centurion

8:5-13^pp — Lk 7:1–10

When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed,^a 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.^b For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.^c I say to you that many will come from the east and the west,^d and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.^e But the subjects of the kingdom^f will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”^g

Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.”^h And his servant was healed at that very hour.