The Faith of the Centurion
1 When Jesus had finished
saying all
this to
the people
who were
listening,
he entered
Capernaum.
2 There a
centurion’s
servant,
whom his
master
valued
highly,
was sick
and about
to die.
3 The
centurion
heard of
Jesus and
sent some
elders of
the Jews
to him,
asking him
to come
and heal
his
servant.
4 When
they came
to Jesus,
they
pleaded
earnestly
with him,
“This man
deserves
to have
you do
this,
5 because
he loves
our nation
and has
built our
synagogue.”
6 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.
7 That is
why I did
not even
consider
myself
worthy to
come to
you. But
say the
word, and
my servant
will be
healed.
8 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.”
9 When Jesus heard this,
he was
amazed at
him, and
turning to
the crowd
following
him, he
said, “I
tell you,
I have not
found such
great
faith even
in
Israel.”
10 Then
the men
who had
been sent
returned
to the
house and
found the
servant
well.
Jesus Raises a
Widow’s
Son
11 Soon afterward, Jesus
went to a
town
called
Nain, and
his
disciples
and a
large
crowd went
along with
him.
12 As
he
approached
the town
gate, a
dead
person was
being
carried
out—the
only son
of his
mother,
and she
was a
widow. And
a large
crowd from
the town
was with
her.
13 When
the Lord
saw her,
his heart
went out
to her and
he said,
“Don’t
cry.”
14 Then he went up and
touched
the bier
they were
carrying
him on,
and the
bearers
stood
still. He
said,
“Young
man, I say
to you,
get up!”
15 The
dead man
sat up and
began to
talk, and
Jesus gave
him back
to his
mother.
16 They were all filled
with awe
and
praised
God. “A
great
prophet
has
appeared
among us,”
they said.
“God has
come to
help his
people.”
17 This
news about
Jesus
spread
throughout
Judea and
the
surrounding
country.
Jesus and John the
Baptist
18 John’s disciples told
him about
all these
things.
Calling
two of
them,
19 he
sent them
to the
Lord to
ask, “Are
you the
one who is
to come,
or should
we expect
someone
else?”
20 When the men came to
Jesus,
they said,
“John the
Baptist
sent us to
you to
ask, ‘Are
you the
one who is
to come,
or should
we expect
someone
else?’”
21 At that very time Jesus
cured many
who had
diseases,
sicknesses
and evil
spirits,
and gave
sight to
many who
were
blind.
22 So
he replied
to the
messengers,
“Go back
and report
to John
what you
have seen
and heard:
The blind
receive
sight, the
lame walk,
those who
have
leprosy
are
cleansed,
the deaf
hear, the
dead are
raised,
and the
good news
is
proclaimed
to the
poor.
23 Blessed
is anyone
who does
not
stumble on
account of
me.”
24 After John’s messengers
left,
Jesus
began to
speak to
the crowd
about
John:
“What did
you go out
into the
wilderness
to see? A
reed
swayed by
the wind?
25 If not,
what did
you go out
to see? A
man
dressed in
fine
clothes?
No, those
who wear
expensive
clothes
and
indulge in
luxury are
in
palaces.
26 But
what did
you go out
to see? A
prophet?
Yes, I
tell you,
and more
than a
prophet.
27 This is
the one
about whom
it is
written:
“‘I will send my messenger
ahead of
you,
who
will
prepare
your way
before
you.’
28 I tell you, among those
born of
women
there is
no one
greater
than John;
yet the
one who is
least in
the
kingdom of
God is
greater
than he.”
29 (All the people, even
the tax
collectors,
when they
heard
Jesus’
words,
acknowledged
that God’s
way was
right,
because
they had
been
baptized
by John.
30 But the
Pharisees
and the
experts in
the law
rejected
God’s
purpose
for
themselves,
because
they had
not been
baptized
by John.)
31 Jesus went on to say,
“To what,
then, can
I compare
the people
of this
generation?
What are
they like?
32 They
are like
children
sitting in
the
marketplace
and
calling
out to
each
other:
“‘We played the pipe for
you,
and
you did
not dance;
we sang a
dirge,
and
you did
not cry.’
33 For John the Baptist
came
neither
eating
bread nor
drinking
wine, and
you say,
‘He has a
demon.’
34 The Son
of Man
came
eating and
drinking,
and you
say, ‘Here
is a
glutton
and a
drunkard,
a friend
of tax
collectors
and
sinners.’
35 But
wisdom is
proved
right by
all her
children.”
Jesus Anointed by
a Sinful
Woman
36 When one of the
Pharisees
invited
Jesus to
have
dinner
with him,
he went to
the
Pharisee’s
house and
reclined
at the
table.
37 A
woman in
that town
who lived
a sinful
life
learned
that Jesus
was eating
at the
Pharisee’s
house, so
she came
there with
an
alabaster
jar of
perfume.
38 As she
stood
behind him
at his
feet
weeping,
she began
to wet his
feet with
her tears.
Then she
wiped them
with her
hair,
kissed
them and
poured
perfume on
them.
39 When the Pharisee who
had
invited
him saw
this, he
said to
himself,
“If this
man were a
prophet,
he would
know who
is
touching
him and
what kind
of woman
she
is—that
she is a
sinner.”
40 Jesus answered him,
“Simon, I
have
something
to tell
you.”
“Tell me, teacher,” he
said.
41 “Two people owed money
to a
certain
moneylender.
One owed
him five
hundred
denarii,
and the
other
fifty.
42 Neither
of them
had the
money to
pay him
back, so
he forgave
the debts
of both.
Now which
of them
will love
him more?”
43 Simon replied, “I
suppose
the one
who had
the bigger
debt
forgiven.”
“You have judged
correctly,”
Jesus
said.
44 Then he turned toward
the woman
and said
to Simon,
“Do you
see this
woman? I
came into
your
house. You
did not
give me
any water
for my
feet, but
she wet my
feet with
her tears
and wiped
them with
her hair.
45 You did
not give
me a kiss,
but this
woman,
from the
time I
entered,
has not
stopped
kissing my
feet.
46 You did
not put
oil on my
head, but
she has
poured
perfume on
my feet.
47 Therefore,
I tell
you, her
many sins
have been
forgiven—as
her great
love has
shown. But
whoever
has been
forgiven
little
loves
little.”
48 Then Jesus said to her,
“Your sins
are
forgiven.”
49 The other guests began
to say
among
themselves,
“Who is
this who
even
forgives
sins?”
50 Jesus said to the
woman,
“Your
faith has
saved you;
go in
peace.”