Luke:7

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* Jesus finished saying all these things for the people to hear . Then he went to Capernaum . * An army officer had a servant whom he loved . The servant was sick and almost dying . * The officer heard of Jesus . So he sent some of the leaders of the Jews to him . He asked him to come and heal his servant . * They came to Jesus and begged him very much . They said , He is a good man . You should come and do this for him . * He loves our people and he built the meeting house for us . * Jesus went with them . When he came near the house , the officer sent some friends to meet him and to say , Sir , do not trouble yourself to come further . I am not good enough to have you come into my house . * And I did not think I was good enough to come to you . Just say the word and my servant will be healed . * I myself am a man who takes orders , and I have soldiers who take orders from me . I say to one , "Go ," and he goes . I say to another , "Come ," and he comes . I say to my servant , "Do this ," and he does it . * Jesus was surprised when he heard this . He turned to the people who followed him . He said , I tell you , I have not found a Jew who believes as this man does . * The men who had been sent to Jesus went back into the house . They found that the servant who had been sick was well . * Soon after that , Jesus went to the town of Nain . His disciples and many other people went with him . * He came near the gate of the town . There he met people carrying out a man who had died . He was the only son of his mother . And her husband was dead too . Many people from the city were with her . * The Lord saw her . He shared in her sorrows and troubles . He said to her , Do not cry . * Jesus came and touched the thing on which the body lay . The men who were carrying it stopped walking . Jesus said , Young man , I tell you , get up ! * The dead man sat up and began to talk . Jesus gave him to his mother . * Everyone was very much surprised . They praised God . They said , A great prophet of God has come to us . God has remembered his people . * The people all over Judea and all the country around it heard what Jesus had done . * John also heard about all these things from his disciples . * He called two of them and sent them to Jesus . He asked , Are you the One who is to come ? Or shall we wait for another person ? * When the men came to Jesus , they said , John the Baptizer sent us to you . He asks , "Are you the One who is to come ? Or shall we wait for another person ?" * At that time Jesus healed many people who were sick or had troubles or bad spirits . He made many blind people able to see . * He answered Johns disciples , Go tell John what you have seen and heard . Blind people see . The lame people walk . People with leprosy are healed . People who could not hear can hear . Dead people are alive again . Poor people hear the good news . * Happy is the person who is not troubled in his heart about me . * When Johns messengers had gone away , Jesus began to talk to the people about John . He said , What did you go out into the desert to see ? Did you go out to see a tall grass moving in the wind ? * What did you go out to see ? A man wearing fine clothes ? People who wear fine clothes and have nice things live in kings houses . * What did you go out to see ? A prophet of God ? Yes , I tell you , and he is much more than a prophet . * He is the one the holy writings tell about : "See , I send my messenger ahead of you . He will make the way ready for you ." * I tell you , no one has ever been born who is greater than John . And yet , the smallest one in the kingdom of God is greater than he . * All the people and the tax collectors praised God when they heard that . They had been baptised by John . * But the Pharisees and teachers of the law would not follow Gods way and they were not baptised by John . * Jesus asked , What will I say that the people of today are like ? What are they like ? * They are like children who sit in the market . They call to other children . They say , "We played music for you , but you did not dance . We cried , but you did not cry ." * John the Baptizer came . He does not eat bread or drink wine . You say , "He has a bad spirit in him ." * The Son of Man came . He eats and drinks . You say , "This man eats and drinks too much ! He is a friend of tax collectors and bad people !" * A man is proved wise by what he has done . * One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to come and eat with him . So Jesus went into the Pharisees house and sat down to eat . * In that city was a bad woman . When she knew that Jesus was eating at the Pharisees house , she came and brought a bottle of oil . It was oil that smelled very sweet and cost much money . * She stood behind Jesus by his feet , and she was crying . She began to wash his feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair . Then she kissed his feet and put oil on them . * The Pharisee who had asked Jesus to his house saw this . He said to himself , If this man were a prophet of God , he would know what kind of woman is touching him . She is a bad woman . * Jesus said to him , Simon , I have something to say to you . And he said , Teacher , say it . * Jesus said , There was a man who used to lend money to people . Two people owed him money . One man owed him five hundred pieces of silver money . The other owed him fifty pieces . * They could not pay the money , so he let them both free . Now which one of them will love him more ? * Simon answered , I would say the one he let off the most . Jesus said , You are right . * Then he turned towards the woman . He said to Simon , Do you see this woman ? I came into your house . You did not give me water to wash my feet . But she has washed my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair . * You did not kiss me . But since she came in , she has kissed my feet again and again . * You did not put oil on my head . But she has put sweet smelling oil on my feet . * So I tell you , she has done many wrong things , but she has been forgiven because she loved me so much . But one who has been forgiven a little loves me only a little * Jesus said to the woman , The wrong things you have done are forgiven . * Then those who were at the table with him began to say to themselves , Who is this man ? He even forgives people for the wrong things they have done . * Jesus said to the woman , You are saved because you believed . Go in peace .

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