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

⁵ And, when He entered into Capernaum, there came to Him a centurion, beseeching Him. ⁶ and saying, "Lord, my boy has been prostrated in my house, a paralytic, fearfully afflicted."

⁷ And He saith to him, "Having gone, I will heal him."

⁸ And the centurion, answering, said, "Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldest enter under my roof, but only speak in a word, and my boy shall be healed; ⁹ for I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers; and I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

¹⁰ And Jesus, hearing it, wondered, and said to those following Him, "Verily I say to you, with no one in Israel did I find such faith. ¹¹ And I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven; ¹² but the sons of the Kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth." ¹³ And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way; as you believed, be it done to you." And the boy was healed in that hour.

¹ After He finished all His sayings in the hearing of the people, He entered into Capernaum. ² And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, being ill, was about to die. ³ And, having heard about Jesus, he sent to Him elders of the Jews, asking Him, that, having come, He would thoroughly save his servant. ⁴ And they, coming to Jesus, were earnestly beseeching Him, saying, "He is worthy for whom Thou shalt do this; ⁵ for he loves our nation, and he built the synagogue for us." ⁶ And Jesus was going with them. And now, when He was not far distant from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, "Lord, trouble not Thyself; for I am not worthy that Thou shouldest come under my roof. ⁷ Wherefore, neither thought I myself worthy to come to Thee; but speak with a word, and let my boy be healed; ⁸ for I also am a man set under authority, having soldiers under myself; and I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

⁹ And, hearing these things, Jesus marvelled at him; and, turning, He said to the multitude following Him, "I say to you, not even in Israel did I find such faith!" ¹⁰ And those who were sent, having returned to the house, found the servant well.