Luke 7
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Jesus Heals a Soldier’s Servant
1When Jesus finished saying all these things to the people, he went to Capernaum. 2There was an army officer who had a servant who was very important to him. The servant was so sick he was nearly dead. 3When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask Jesus to come and heal his servant. 4The men went to Jesus and begged him, saying, “This officer is worthy of your help. 5He loves our people, and he built us a synagogue.”
6So Jesus went with the men. He was getting near the officer’s house when the officer sent friends to say, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, because I am not worthy to have you come into my house. 7That is why I did not come to you myself. But you only need to command it, and my servant will be healed. 8I, too, am a man under the authority of others, and I have soldiers under my command. I tell one soldier, ‘Go,’ and he goes. I tell another soldier, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and my servant does it.”
9When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, “I tell you, this is the greatest faith I have found anywhere, even in Israel.”
10Those who had been sent to Jesus went back to the house where they found the servant in good health.
Jesus Brings a Man Back to Life
11Soon afterwards Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his followers and a large crowd traveled with him. 12When he came near the town gate, he saw a funeral. A mother, who was a widow, had lost her only son. A large crowd from the town was with the mother while her son was being carried out. 13When the Lord saw her, he felt very sorry for her and said, “Don’t cry.” 14He went up and touched the coffin, and the people who were carrying it stopped. Jesus said, “Young man, I tell you, get up!” 15And the son sat up and began to talk. Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
16All the people were amazed and began praising God, saying, “A great prophet has come to us! God has come to help his people.”
17This news about Jesus spread through all Judea and into all the places around there.
John Asks a Question
18John’s followers told him about all these things. He called for two of his followers 19and sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the One who is to come, or should we wait for someone else?”
20When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you with this question: ‘Are you the One who is to come, or should we wait for someone else?’ ”
21At that time, Jesus healed many people of their sicknesses, diseases, and evil spirits, and he gave sight to many blind people. 22Then Jesus answered John’s followers, “Go tell John what you saw and heard here. The blind can see, the crippled can walk, and people with skin diseases are healed. The deaf can hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is preached to the poor. 23Those who do not stumble in their faith because of me are blessed!”
24When John’s followers left, Jesus began talking to the people about John: “What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed blown by the wind? 25What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, people who have fine clothes and much wealth live in kings’ palaces. 26But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, and I tell you, John is more than a prophet. 27This was written about him:
‘I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare the way for you.’#Malachi 3:1
28I tell you, John is greater than any other person ever born, but even the least important person in the kingdom of God is greater than John.”
29(When the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they all agreed that God’s teaching was good, because they had been baptized by John. 30But the Pharisees and experts on the law refused to accept God’s plan for themselves; they did not let John baptize them.)
31Then Jesus said, “What shall I say about the people of this time? What are they like? 32They are like children sitting in the marketplace, calling to one another and saying,
‘We played music for you, but you did not dance;
we sang a sad song, but you did not cry.’
33John the Baptist came and did not eat bread or drink wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon in him.’ 34The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! He eats too much and drinks too much wine, and he is a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ 35But wisdom is proved to be right by what it does.”
A Woman Washes Jesus’ Feet
36One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, so Jesus went into the Pharisee’s house and sat at the table. 37A sinful woman in the town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house. So she brought an alabaster jar of perfume 38and stood behind Jesus at his feet, crying. She began to wash his feet with her tears, and she dried them with her hair, kissing them many times and rubbing them with the perfume. 39When the Pharisee who asked Jesus to come to his house saw this, he thought to himself, “If Jesus were a prophet, he would know that the woman touching him is a sinner!”
40Jesus said to the Pharisee, “Simon, I have something to say to you.”
Simon said, “Teacher, tell me.”
41Jesus said, “Two people owed money to the same banker. One owed five hundred coins and the other owed fifty. 42They had no money to pay what they owed, but the banker told both of them they did not have to pay him. Which person will love the banker more?”
43Simon, the Pharisee, answered, “I think it would be the one who owed him the most money.”
Jesus said to Simon, “You are right.” 44Then Jesus turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I came into your house, you gave me no water for my feet, but she washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. 45You gave me no kiss of greeting, but she has been kissing my feet since I came in. 46You did not put oil on my head, but she poured perfume on my feet. 47I tell you that her many sins are forgiven, so she showed great love. But the person who is forgiven only a little will love only a little.”
48Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
49The people sitting at the table began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
50Jesus said to the woman, “Because you believed, you are saved from your sins. Go in peace.”
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The Holy Bible, New Century Version, Copyright © 2005 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Luke 7
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1When he'd finished speaking to the people, Jesus left for Capernaum. 2A centurion lived there who had a servant he greatly valued who was sick and was about to die. 3When he heard about Jesus, the centurion sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his servant.
4When the elders came to Jesus, they pleaded with him strongly, saying, “Please come and do what he asks. He deserves your help, 5because he loves our people and he built a synagogue for us.”
6Jesus went with them and as they approached the house, the centurion sent some friends to Jesus to tell him, “Lord, please don't trouble yourself by coming into my house, because I'm not worthy of that. 7I didn't even think that I was worthy to come and see you. Just give the command, and my servant will be healed. 8For I'm under the authority of my superior officers, and I have soldiers under my authority too. I command one to go and he goes, another to come and he comes. I command my servant to do something and he does it.”
9When Jesus heard this he was astounded. He turned to the crowd that was following him, and said, “I tell you, I haven't found trust like this even in Israel.” 10Then the centurion's friends returned to the house and found the servant in good health.
11Soon after Jesus went to a town called Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a large crowd.
12As he approached the town gate a funeral procession was coming the other way. The man who had died was the only son of a widow, and a sizeable crowd from the town was with her. 13When the Lord saw her he was filled with compassion for her. “Don't cry,” he told her. 14Jesus went over to the coffin and touched it, and the pall-bearers stopped.
Jesus said, “Young man, I tell you, get up.” 15The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
16A sense of awe filled everyone there and they praised God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us,” and “God has visited his people.” 17News about Jesus spread throughout Judea, and all around.
18The disciples of John told John about all this. 19John called two of his disciples and told them to go and see Jesus, and ask, “Are you the one we've been expecting, or should we wait for someone else?” 20When they came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you, to ask you, ‘Are you the one we've been expecting or should we wait for someone else?’”
21At that very moment Jesus was healing many people of their diseases, illnesses, evil spirits, and making the blind to see.
22Jesus answered John's disciples, “Go and tell John what you've seen and heard. The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers cured, the deaf hear, the dead raised back to life, the poor are told the good news. 23How good it is for those who are not offended because of me!”
24After the messengers from John had left, Jesus began telling the crowd, “About John: what did you expect to see when you went out to meet him in the desert? Some reed blown about by the wind? 25Did you come looking for a man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who have stylish clothes and live in luxury are found in palaces. 26Were you looking for a prophet? Yes he is, and I'm telling you, he's much more than a prophet.
27It was written about him in Scripture: ‘Look, I'm sending my messenger to go before you to prepare your way.’#7:27. Quoting Malachi 3:1. 28I tell you, no one born of women is greater than John, but even the most unimportant person in God's kingdom is greater than he is!” 29When they heard him, all of them—even the tax collectors—followed what God said was good and right, for they had been baptized by John. 30But the Pharisees and the religious teachers rejected what God wanted them to do, for they had refused to be baptized by John.
31“What shall I compare these people to?” asked Jesus. “What are they like? 32They're like children sitting in the market who tell one another, ‘We played the flute for you but you didn't dance; we sang sad songs but you didn't cry.’ 33When John the Baptist came he didn't eat bread or drink wine, but you say he's demon-possessed. 34Now the Son of man is here, and eats and drinks with people, but you say, ‘Look, he spends his time eating too much food and drinking too much wine.#7:34. “Eating too much food and drinking too much wine.” The words used here indicate excess, in comparison to the basic words used earlier in the verse. Plus he's a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ 35However, God's wise ways are proved right by all who follow him!”#7:35. Probably a proverb. Literally, “Wisdom is proved right by all her children,” meaning that the proof is in the consequences…
36One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to come and eat with him. Jesus went to the Pharisee's house and sat down to eat the meal. 37A woman who was a sinner#7:37. Usually understood to mean that she was living an immoral life. in that town found out that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee's house. She went there, carrying an alabaster jar of perfume. 38She kneeled beside Jesus and with her tears wet his feet, and dried them with her hair. She kissed his feet, and then she poured the perfume over them.
39When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this he said to himself, “If this man was really a prophet he would know who this woman was who's touching him, and what kind of person she was—that she's a sinner!”
40Jesus spoke up and said, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”
“Tell me, Teacher,” he responded.
41“Once two people were in debt to a money-lender. One owed five hundred denarii,#7:41. Denarius: equivalent to a day's wage. the other only fifty. 42Neither of them could repay him, so he forgave the debts. Which one will love him the most?”
43“The one he forgave the most, I would think,” Simon answered.
“You're absolutely right,” said Jesus. 44Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “You see this woman? When I came into your house, you didn't give me water to wash my feet. But she has washed my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair. 45You didn't give me a kiss, but since I came in she hasn't stopped kissing my feet. 46You didn't anoint my head with oil,#7:46. A sign of hospitality and respect. but she poured perfume over my feet. 47So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—that's why she loves so much.#7:47. This verse is sometimes understood as if it's the woman's love that brings the great forgiveness. However, the context (especially verse 43) makes it clear that it's the extent of forgiveness that engenders the great love. But whoever is forgiven little, only loves a little.” 48Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins have been forgiven.”
49Those who were sitting eating with him began talking among themselves, saying, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” 50But Jesus told the woman, “Your trust has saved you, go in peace.”
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