Luke 7:6-19

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?”