Luke 7:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:

Jesus

Matthew 20:28

Mark 5:24

Acts 10:38

For

General references

Mark 1:7

Bible References

Jesus

as the son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for all.

so Jesus went with him, attended by a great crowd, that press'd about him.

how Jesus of Nazareth divinely inspired by the holy spirit, and with miraculous power, went about doing good, and healing all that were under the oppression of the devil: because God was with him.

For

accordingly they came to Jesus and earnestly pressed him, saying, he very well deserves you should do him this favour; for he loves our nation,

at sight of this, Simon Peter fell on his knees before Jesus, and said, Lord, withdraw from such a sinful man as I:

I am no longer worthy to be called your son: treat me as one of your hir'd servants.

I indeed baptize you with water to lead you to repentance; but he that cometh after me, is my superiour, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the effusion of the holy Ghost, in the appearance of fire:

I assure you, you will not be discharged till you have paid to the very last farthing.

on the contrary, he heaps his favours upon you. wherefore 'tis said, "God defeats the proud, but is gracious to the humble."

General references

among other things he said, there comes one after me, who is superiour to me, I am not worthy to stoop down and untie his shoes.