LUK 7
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The Healing of a Centurion's Servant
Matt. 8:5-13; Jn. 4:43-54
1 When Jesus had completed delivering all His teachings within hearing of the people, He entered the city of Capernaum.
2 A certain Roman centurion had a servant who was highly valued and precious to him. This servant was gravely ill and at the point of death.
3 When the centurion heard about Jesus and His healing power, he sent Jewish elders to Him, earnestly requesting that Jesus would come and heal his servant.
4 When they came to Jesus, they began to plead with Him urgently, saying, "This centurion is worthy that You should grant him this favour.
5 He loves our nation, and he himself built the synagogue for us at his own expense."
6 So Jesus went with them. When He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to meet Him with a message: "Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof.
7 For this reason, I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You in person. But simply speak a word, and let my servant be healed.
8 For I myself am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under my command. I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it. If I have such authority, how much more do You?"
9 When Jesus heard these words, He marvelled at the centurion's faith. Turning to the crowd following Him, He said, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such remarkable faith as this Gentile has shown."
10 When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant in perfect health, completely restored.
The Raising of a Widow's Son
11 On the following day, Jesus travelled to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd accompanied Him on the journey.
12 As He approached the gate of the city, a funeral procession was coming out. A dead man was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. A substantial crowd from the city was with her in mourning.
13 When the Lord saw her, He was moved with deep compassion for her situation. He said to her gently, "Do not weep."
14 Jesus came up and touched the burial bier, and those carrying it stopped. He said with authority, "Young man, I say to you, arise!"
15 The dead man sat up and began to speak. Jesus gave him back to his mother, alive and well.
16 Fear and awe seized everyone present, and they began to glorify God, saying, "A great prophet has risen among us!" and "God has visited and looked upon His people with favour!"
17 This report concerning Jesus spread throughout all of Judea and into all the surrounding region.
Delegates from John the Baptist
Matt. 11:2-19
18 John's disciples brought him a full report about all these remarkable things Jesus was doing.
19 John summoned two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord with a question: "Are You the Coming One we have been expecting, or should we look for someone else?"
20 When the men came to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist sent us to You to ask, 'Are You the Coming One, or should we look for another?'"
21 At that very hour, Jesus was healing many people of diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits. He was also freely granting sight to many who were blind.
22 Jesus answered the messengers, "Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the good news is being proclaimed to the poor.
23 Blessed is the one who does not stumble in faith or take offence at Me because I do not meet his expectations."
Concerning John the Baptist
24 After John's messengers had departed, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken and swayed by the wind—someone weak and changeable?
25 What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft, luxurious garments? No! Those who wear splendid clothing and live in luxury are found in royal palaces, not in the wilderness.
26 What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.
27 This is the one about whom it is written in Scripture:
'Behold, I am sending My messenger ahead of You,
who will prepare Your way before You.'*
28 I tell you, among those born of women, there is no one greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."
29 Luke adds parenthetically: When all the people heard this—even the despised tax collectors—they acknowledged God's way as just and right, having been baptised with John's baptism.
30 But the Pharisees and experts in the Law rejected God's purpose for themselves, refusing to be baptised by John.
31 Jesus continued, "To what then shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?
32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace, calling out to one another and saying,
'We played wedding music on the flute for you, but you did not dance.
We sang funeral songs, but you did not mourn and wail.'
33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon and is possessed.'
34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking normally, and you say, 'Look at Him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'
35 Yet wisdom is vindicated and proven right by all her children—by those who respond rightly to God's message."
The Forgiveness of a Sinful Woman
36 One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to dine with him. Jesus entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table for the meal.
37 A woman in the city who was known as a sinner learned that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house. She brought an alabaster jar filled with expensive fragrant oil.
38 Standing behind Jesus at His feet, weeping with repentance, she began to wet His feet with her tears. She wiped them with her hair, kissed His feet repeatedly, and anointed them with the fragrant oil.
39 When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were truly a prophet, He would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him—that she is a notorious sinner."
40 Jesus responded to his unspoken thoughts, saying, "Simon, I have something to say to you." Simon replied, "Speak, Teacher."
41 Jesus said, "There were two debtors who owed money to a certain creditor. One owed five hundred denarii—nearly two years' wages—and the other owed fifty.
42 When neither of them had the means to repay their debts, the creditor graciously pardoned and forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?"
43 Simon answered, "I assume it would be the one to whom he forgave the larger debt." Jesus said to him, "You have judged correctly."
44 Then turning towards the woman, Jesus said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not provide Me with water for My feet—a basic courtesy. But she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
45 You did not give Me a customary kiss of greeting. But from the time I entered, she has not stopped kissing My feet.
46 You did not anoint My head with ordinary olive oil. But she has anointed My feet with expensive fragrant oil.
47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, as demonstrated by the fact that she loved much. But the one to whom little is forgiven loves only a little."
48 Jesus said to the woman, "Your sins have been forgiven."
49 Those reclining at the table with Jesus began to say among themselves, "Who is this man who even forgives sins?"
50 Jesus said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."
Notes
27 Quoted from Mal. 3:1
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Copyright © 2026 Michael Adeyemi Adegbola. This Scripture text is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).
