Luke 7:4-21

⁴When they found Jesus, they earnestly implored him to do so. “He deserves the favour from you,” they said,

⁵“For he is devoted to our nation, and himself built our synagogue for us.”

⁶So Jesus went with them. But, when he was no great distance from the house, the captain sent some friends with the message — “Do not trouble yourself, Sir; for I am unworthy to receive you under my roof.

⁷That was why I did not even venture to come to you myself; but speak, and let my manservant be cured.

⁸For I myself am a man under the orders of others, with soldiers under me; and if I say to one of them ‘Go,’ he goes, and to another ‘Come,’ he comes, and to my slave ‘Do this,’ he does it.”

⁹Jesus was surprised to hear these words from him; and, turning to the crowd which was following him, he said, “I tell you, nowhere in Israel have I met with such faith as this!”

¹⁰And, when the messengers returned to the house, they found the slave recovered.

¹¹Shortly after, Jesus went to a town called Nain, his disciples and a great crowd going with him.

¹²Just as he approached the gate of the town, there was a dead man being carried out for burial — an only son, and his mother was a widow. A large number of the people of the town were with her.

¹³When he saw her, the Master was moved with compassion for her, and he said to her, “Do not weep.”

¹⁴Then he went up and touched the bier, and the bearers stopped; and Jesus said, “Young man, I am speaking to you — Rise!”

¹⁵The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus restored him to his mother.

¹⁶Everyone was awe-struck and began praising God. “A great prophet has arisen amongst us,” they said; “and God has visited his people.”

¹⁷And this story about Jesus spread all through Judea, and in the neighbouring countries as well.

¹⁸All these events were reported to John by his disciples.

¹⁹So he summoned two of them, and sent them to the Master to ask — “Are you ‘the coming one,’ or are we to look for someone else?”

²⁰When these men found Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask — Are you ‘the coming one,’ or are we to look for somebody else?”

²¹At that very time Jesus had cured many people of diseases, afflictions, and wicked spirits, and had given many blind people their sight.