Lucas 7

Jesus healed a man without going to his house because the man’s master believed that Jesus could do that.

1 After Jesus finished saying this to the people, he went with his disciples to Capernaum town. 2 There was a Roman army officer there who had a slave whom he thought highly of. This slave was so sick that he was about to die. 3 When the officer heard about Jesus, he summoned some Jewish elders. He told them to go to Jesus and ask him to come and heal his slave. 4 When they came to where Jesus was, they earnestly asked Jesus to return with them. They said, "This officer deserves that you (sg) do this for him, 5 because he loves us Jewish people, and he paid the money to build a synagogue for us." 6 So Jesus went with them. When he was near the officer’s house, the officer decided that it was not necessary for Jesus to come to his house. So he summoned some friends. He told them to go to Jesus and tell him this: "Lord/Sir, do not bother to come. Because I am a non-Jew, I am not worthy for you (sg), a Jew, to come into my house [MTY] and associate with me. 7 I did not feel worthy to come to you, either. But please command that my servant be healed, and he will become well! 8 I believe this because, as for me, there are people who have authority over me and I obey them. I also have soldiers under my authority. When I say to one of them, ‘Go!’ he goes. When I say to another ‘Come!’ he comes. When I say to my slave, ‘Do this!’ he does it. And I believe that you speak with a similar kind of authority." 9 When the officer’s friends arrived and told that to Jesus, he marveled at what the officer had said. Then he turned and said to the crowd that was going with him, "I tell you, I have never before found anyone who trusted in me like this non-Jewish man does. No one from Israel, where I would expect people to believe in me, has trusted in me like he has!" 10 When those men returned to the officer’s house, they found that the slave was well.