Luke 7:4-21

⁴And when they came to Jesus they started pleading earnestly with Him, saying that the one for whom He would do this was worthy,

⁵“Because he loves our nation, and he himself built our synagogue.”

⁶So Jesus went with them. But when He was no longer far from the house, the centurion sent friends to Him, saying to Him: “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy that you should come under my roof.

⁷In fact I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. Just say a word and my servant will be healed;

⁸because I also am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me. I say to one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does.”

⁹Well upon hearing these things Jesus marveled at him, and turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith!”

¹⁰When those who were sent returned to the house they found that the slave who had been sick was well.

¹¹Now it happened on the next day that He went to a town called Nain, and many of His disciples went with Him, also a large crowd.

¹²But as He approached the town gate, mercy, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; a large crowd from the town was with her.

¹³When the Lord saw her He had compassion on her and said to her, “Don't cry!”

¹⁴And advancing He took hold of the bier and the bearers stood still. Then He said, “Young man, to you I say, get up!”

¹⁵So the dead man sat up and began to talk! Yes, He gave him back to his mother.

¹⁶Fear took hold of all, and they began glorifying God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited His people!”

¹⁷And this report about Him went throughout Judea, as well as all the surrounding region.

¹⁸Then the disciples of John informed him about all these things.

¹⁹And summoning a certain two of his disciples, John sent them to Jesus, saying, “Are you the Coming One, or should we look for another?”

²⁰When the men had come to Him, they said: “John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you the Coming One, or should we look for another?’ ”

²¹Well in that very hour He healed many from diseases and torments and malignant spirits, and to many blind He granted sight.