Matthew 8:5-13

The Faith of a Centurion

5 ¹When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him,

6 "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly."

7 And he said to him, "I will come and heal him."

8 But the centurion replied, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but ²only say the word, and my servant will be healed.

9 For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my servant,^[a]'Do this,' and he does it."

10 When Jesus heard this, ³he marveled and said to those who followed him, "Truly, I tell you, with ⁴no one in Israel^[b] have I found such faith.

11 I tell you, ⁵many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

12 ⁶while the sons of the kingdom ⁷will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place ⁸there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

13 And to the centurion Jesus said, "Go; let it be done for you ⁹as you have believed." ¹⁰And the servant was healed at that very moment.