Luke:7
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Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people ,
he entered into Capernaum .
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And a certain centurion '
servant ,
who was dear to him ,
was sick ,
and ready to die .
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And when he heard of Jesus ,
he sent to him the elders of the Jews ,
beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant .
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And when they came to Jesus ,
they sought him instantly ,
saying ,
That he was worthy for whom he should do this :
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For he loves our nation ,
and he has built us a synagogue .
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Then Jesus went with them .
And when he was now not far from the house ,
the centurion sent friends to him ,
saying to him ,
Lord ,
trouble not yourself :
for I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof :
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Why neither thought I myself worthy to come to you :
but say in a word ,
and my servant shall be healed .
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For I also am a man set under authority ,
having under me soldiers ,
and I say to one ,
Go ,
and he goes ;
and to another ,
Come ,
and he comes ;
and to my servant ,
Do this ,
and he does it .
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When Jesus heard these things ,
he marveled at him ,
and turned him about ,
and said to the people that followed him ,
I say to you ,
I have not found so great faith ,
no ,
not in Israel .
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And they that were sent ,
returning to the house ,
found the servant whole that had been sick .
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And it came to pass the day after ,
that he went into a city called Nain ;
and many of his disciples went with him ,
and much people .
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Now when he came near to the gate of the city ,
behold ,
there was a dead man carried out ,
the only son of his mother ,
and she was a widow :
and much people of the city was with her .
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And when the Lord saw her ,
he had compassion on her ,
and said to her ,
Weep not .
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And he came and touched the bier :
and they that bore him stood still .
And he said ,
Young man ,
I say to you ,
Arise .
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And he that was dead sat up ,
and began to speak .
And he delivered him to his mother .
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And there came a fear on all :
and they glorified God ,
saying ,
That a great prophet is risen up among us ;
and ,
That God has visited his people .
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And this rumor of him went forth throughout all Judaea ,
and throughout all the region round about .
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And the disciples of John showed him of all these things .
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And John calling to him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus ,
saying ,
Are you he that should come ?
or look we for another ?
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When the men were come to him ,
they said ,
John Baptist has sent us to you ,
saying ,
Are you he that should come ?
or look we for another ?
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And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues ,
and of evil spirits ;
and to many that were blind he gave sight .
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Then Jesus answering said to them ,
Go your way ,
and tell John what things you have seen and heard ;
how that the blind see ,
the lame walk ,
the lepers are cleansed ,
the deaf hear ,
the dead are raised ,
to the poor the gospel is preached .
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And blessed is he ,
whoever shall not be offended in me .
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And when the messengers of John were departed ,
he began to speak to the people concerning John ,
What went you out into the wilderness for to see ?
A reed shaken with the wind ?
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But what went you out for to see ?
A man clothed in soft raiment ?
Behold ,
they which are gorgeously appareled ,
and live delicately ,
are in kings '
courts .
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But what went you out for to see ?
A prophet ?
Yes ,
I say to you ,
and much more than a prophet .
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This is he ,
of whom it is written ,
Behold ,
I send my messenger before your face ,
which shall prepare your way before you .
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For I say to you ,
Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist :
but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he .
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And all the people that heard him ,
and the publicans ,
justified God ,
being baptized with the baptism of John .
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But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves ,
being not baptized of him .
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And the Lord said ,
Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation ?
and to what are they like ?
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They are like to children sitting in the marketplace ,
and calling one to another ,
and saying ,
We have piped to you ,
and you have not danced ;
we have mourned to you ,
and you have not wept .
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For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine ;
and you say ,
He has a devil .
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The Son of man is come eating and drinking ;
and you say ,
Behold a gluttonous man ,
and a drunkard ,
a friend of publicans and sinners !
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But wisdom is justified of all her children .
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And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him .
And he went into the Pharisee '
house ,
and sat down to meat .
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And ,
behold ,
a woman in the city ,
which was a sinner ,
when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee '
house ,
brought an alabaster box of ointment ,
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And stood at his feet behind him weeping ,
and began to wash his feet with tears ,
and did wipe them with the hairs of her head ,
and kissed his feet ,
and anointed them with the ointment .
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Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it ,
he spoke within himself ,
saying ,
This man ,
if he were a prophet ,
would have known who and what manner of woman this is that touches him :
for she is a sinner .
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And Jesus answering said to him ,
Simon ,
I have somewhat to say to you .
And he said ,
Master ,
say on .
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There was a certain creditor which had two debtors :
the one owed five hundred pence ,
and the other fifty .
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And when they had nothing to pay ,
he frankly forgave them both .
Tell me therefore ,
which of them will love him most ?
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Simon answered and said ,
I suppose that he ,
to whom he forgave most .
And he said to him ,
You have rightly judged .
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And he turned to the woman ,
and said to Simon ,
See you this woman ?
I entered into your house ,
you gave me no water for my feet :
but she has washed my feet with tears ,
and wiped them with the hairs of her head .
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You gave me no kiss :
but this woman since the time I came in has not ceased to kiss my feet .
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My head with oil you did not anoint :
but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment .
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Why I say to you ,
Her sins ,
which are many ,
are forgiven ;
for she loved much :
but to whom little is forgiven ,
the same loves little .
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And he said to her ,
Your sins are forgiven .
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And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves ,
Who is this that forgives sins also ?
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And he said to the woman ,
Your faith has saved you ;
go in peace .
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