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When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask him to come and heal his servant.
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They came to Jesus and begged him earnestly, "This man really deserves your help.
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He loves our people and he himself built a synagogue for us."
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So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the officer sent friends to tell him, "Sir, don't trouble yourself. I do not deserve to have you come into my house,
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neither do I consider myself worthy to come to you in person. Just give the order, and my servant will get well.
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I, too, am a man placed under the authority of superior officers, and I have soldiers under me. I order this one, "Go!' and he goes; I order that one, "Come!' and he comes; and I order my slave, "Do this!' and he does it."
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Jesus was surprised when he heard this; he turned around and said to the crowd following him, "I tell you, I have never found faith like this, not even in Israel!"
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The messengers went back to the officer's house and found his servant well.
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Soon afterward Jesus went to a town named Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a large crowd.
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Just as he arrived at the gate of the town, a funeral procession was coming out. The dead man was the only son of a woman who was a widow, and a large crowd from the town was with her.
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When the Lord saw her, his heart was filled with pity for her, and he said to her, "Don't cry."