Matthew 8:5-13, Then as he was coming into
Capernaum a centurion approached. "Sir," he implored him, "my servant
is in bed at home paralysed and in dreadful pain."
"I will come and heal him," said Jesus to him.
"Sir," replied the centurion, "I'm not important enough for you to come
under my roof. Just give the order, please, and my servant will
recover. I'm a man under authority myself, and I have soldiers under
me. I can say to one man 'Go' and I know he'll go, or I can say 'Come
here' to another and I know he'll come - or I can say to my slave 'Do
this' and he'll always do it."
When Jesus heard this, he was astonished. "Believe me," he said to those who were following him, "I
have never found faith like this, even in Israel! I tell you that many
people will come from east and west and sit at my table with Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of Heaven. But those who should have
belonged to the kingdom will be banished to the darkness outside, where
there will be tears and bitter regret."
8:13 - Then he said to the centurion, "Go home now, and everything will happen as you have believed it will." And his servant was healed at that actual moment.
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