Matthew 8:5-13 - A Centurion's Slave Healed

⁵ When he entered Capernaum, an army captain came, and entered him, ⁶ saying, "Lord, my slave at home is lying ill with paralysis, in terrible agony."

⁷ "I will come and heal him," said Jesus.

⁸ "Lord, "said the captain in reply, "I am not worthy to have you under my roof, but speak the word only, and my slave will be cured, ⁹ "For I myself also am a man under authority, and I have soldiers under me. To one man I say 'Go,' and he goes; to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it."

¹⁰ As Jesus listened to this reply he was astonished, and said to those who followed him. "In solemn truth I tell you that I have found faith like this in any Israelite. ¹¹ "I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. ¹² "but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth." ¹³ Then Jesus said to the captain. "Go! As you have believed, so be it unto you." And his slave was healed in that very hour.

¹ After he had ended all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he went to Capernaum. ² Here the slave of a certain Roman captain, a man dear to his master, was ill, and at the point of death. ³ So when the captain heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to ask him to come and save his slave. ⁴ And they, when they reached Jesus, asked him earnestly to do this. "He deserves that you should do this," they said, ⁵ "for he loves our nation, and himself has built a synagogue for us." ⁶ So Jesus started to go with them, but while he was not far from the house, the captain sent friends to him with a message. "Lord do not trouble yourself, for I am not fit that you should come under my roof, ⁷ "and so I did not think myself worthy to come to you; but speak the word, and let my man be cured. ⁸ "For I also am a man obedient to authority, and have soldiers under me. And I say to one 'come,' and he comes, and to my slave 'do this or that,' and he does it."

⁹ But when Jesus heard this he was astonished and he turned and said to the crowd that was following him, "I tell you that not even in Israel have I found faith like that." ¹⁰ And those who had been sent, on returning to the house, found the slave well.