Luke 7:1-18

Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant

1 ¹When He had completed all His discourse in the hearing of the people, ²He went to Capernaum.

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

3 When he heard about Jesus, ³he sent some Jewish elders asking Him to come and save the life of his slave.

4 When they came to Jesus, they earnestly implored Him, saying, "He is worthy for You to grant this to him;

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

6 Now Jesus started on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, "Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof;

7 for this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You, but just say the word, and my servant 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."

9 Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, "I say to you, ⁴not even in Israel have I found such great faith."

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

11 Soon afterwards * He went to a city called Nain; and His disciples were going along with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.

12 Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her.

13 When ⁵the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, "Do not weep."

14 And He came up and touched the coffin; and the bearers came to a halt. And He said, "Young man, I say to you, arise!"

15 The dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.

16 ⁶Fear gripped them all, and they began ⁷glorifying God, saying, "A great ⁸prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited His people!"

17 ⁹This report concerning Him went out all over Judea and in all the surrounding district.

A Deputation from John

18 ¹⁰The disciples of John reported to him about all these things.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 7:28
• 2. Luke 7:1-10: {Matthew 8:5-13}
• 3. Matthew 8:5
• 4. Matthew 8:10; Luke 7:50
• 5. Luke 7:19; Luke 10:1; Luke 11:1, 39; Luke 12:42; Luke 13:15; Luke 17:5, 6; Luke 18:6; Luke 19:8; Luke 22:61; Luke 24:34; John 4:1; John 6:23; John 11:2
• 6. Luke 5:26
• 7. Matthew 9:8
• 8. Matthew 21:11; Luke 7:39
• 9. Matthew 9:26
• 10. Luke 7:18-35: {Matthew 11:2-19}

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "to whom he was honorable"
• [b]. Lit "elders of the Jews"
• [c]. Lit "bring safely through, rescue"
• [d]. Or "Sir"
• [e]. Lit "say with a word"
• [f]. Or "boy"
• [g]. Lit "and"
• [h]. Lit "one who had died"
• [i]. Or "only begotten"
• [j]. Or "Stop weeping"
• [k]. Or "corpse"
• [l]. Or "cared for"