Luke:7

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* When he had ended all his discourse in the hearing of the people , he entered Capernaum . * And a certain centurion ’s servant , who was dear to him , was sick , and about to die . * And having heard about Jesus , he sent to him elders of the Jews , and besought him to come and save his servant . * And they came to Jesus , and besought him earnestly , saying , He is worthy that thou shouldst do this for him ; * for he loveth our nation , and himself built the synagogue for us . * And Jesus went with them . And when he was now not far from the house , the centurion sent friends , saying , Lord , trouble not thyself ; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof ; * on which account I did not think myself worthy to come to thee ; but command with a word , and let my servant be healed . * For even I am a man set under authority , having soldiers under me ; and I say to this one , Go , and he goeth ; and to another , Come , and he cometh ; and to my servant , Do this , and he doeth it . * And Jesus hearing this , wondered at him ; and turning round said to the multitude that followed him , I say to you , Not even in Israel have I found such faith . * And they who were sent , returning to the house , found the servant well . * And it came to pass the day after , that he was going to a city called Nain ; and many of his disciples were with him , and a great multitude . * And as he came near the gate of the city , lo ! there was carried out dead an only son of his mother , and she was a widow ; and a great multitude from the city was with her . * And when the Lord saw her , he was moved with compassion for her , and said to her , Weep not . * And he came up , and touched the bier ; and they who bore it stood still ; and he said , Young man , I say to thee , Rise . * And he that was dead sat up and began to speak ; and he gave him to his mother . * And fear seized on all , and they gave glory to God , saying , A great prophet hath risen up among us ; and , God hath visited his people . * And this report about him went forth in all Judaea , and in all the neighboring country . * And the disciples of John told him all these things . * And calling to him two of his disciples , John sent them to the Lord , saying , Art thou he that is to come , or are we to look for another ? * And the men came to him and said , John the Baptist hath sent us to thee , saying , Art thou he that is to come , or are we to look for another ? * In that hour he cured many of diseases , and plagues , and evil spirits , and to many who were blind he gave sight . * And he answered and said to them , Go and tell John what ye have seen and heard ; that the blind receive sight , the lame walk , lepers are cleansed , the deaf hear , the dead are raised , to the poor good tidings are brought ; * and blessed is he , whoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me . * And when the messengers of John had departed , he began to say to the multitudes concerning John , What have ye gone out into the wilderness to see ? the reeds shaken by the wind ? * But what have ye gone out to see ? a man clothed in soft raiment ? Lo ! they who wear gorgeous apparel , and live luxuriously , are in kings ’ palaces . * But what have ye gone out to see ? A prophet ? Yea , I say to you , and more than a prophet . * This is he of whom it is written , "Lo ! I send my messenger before thy face , who shall prepare thy way before thee ." * I say to you , Among those born of women there is no greater prophet than John ; but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he . * And all the people when they heard him , and the publicans , acknowledged God as righteous by being baptized with the baptism of John . * But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God toward themselves , not being baptized by him . * To what then shall I compare the men of this generation , and what are they like ? * They are like children sitting in the market –place , and calling one to another , saying , We piped to you , and ye did not dance ; we sung a dirge , and ye did not weep . * For John the Baptist hath come not eating bread , nor drinking wine ; and ye say , He hath a demon . * The Son of man hath come eating and drinking ; and ye say , Behold , a glutton and a wine –bibber , a friend of publicans and sinners ! * But wisdom is acknowledged by all her children . * And one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him ; and he went into the Pharisee ’s house , and reclined at the table . * And lo ! a woman who was in the city , a sinner , learning that he was at table in the Pharisee ’s house , brought an alabaster –bottle of ointment , * and standing behind at his feet , weeping , began to wet his feet with tears , and wiped them with the hair of her head , and kissed his feet , and anointed them with the ointment . * And the Pharisee who had invited him , when he saw this , said within himself , This man , if he were a prophet , would know who , and what sort of woman , this is that toucheth him ; for she is a sinner . * And Jesus answering said to him , Simon , I have somewhat to say to thee . And he saith , Teacher , say on . * A certain money –lender had two debtors ; one owed five hundred denaries , and the other fifty . * When they had nothing to pay , he freely remitted the debt of both . Which of them , now , will love him the most ? * Simon answering said , He , I suppose , to whom he remitted the most . And he said to him , Thou hast judged rightly . * And turning to the woman , he said to Simon , Seest thou this woman ? I entered thy house , no water didst thou give me for my feet ; but she wet my feet with tears , and wiped them with her hair . * No kiss didst thou give me ; but she , from the time I came in , did not cease to kiss my feet . * My head with oil thou didst not anoint ; but she anointed my feet with costly ointment . * Wherefore , I say to thee , her many sins have been forgiven ; for she loved much ; but he to whom little is forgiven loveth little . * And he said to her , Thy sins have been forgiven . * And those who were at table with him began to say within themselves , Who is this that even forgiveth sins ? * But he said to the woman , Thy faith hath saved thee ; go in peace .

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