007:002 Here the servant of a certain Captain, a man dear to his master,
was ill and at the point of death;
007:003 and the Captain, hearing about Jesus, sent to Him some
of the Jewish Elders, begging Him to come and restore his
servant to health.
007:004 And they, when they came to Jesus, earnestly entreated Him,
pleading, "He deserves to have this favour granted him,
007:005 for he loves our nation, and at his own expense he built our
synagogue for us."
007:006 Then Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from
the house, the Captain sent friends to Him with the message:
"Sir, do not trouble to come. I am not worthy of having you
come under my roof;
007:007 and therefore I did not deem myself worthy to come to you.
Only speak the word, and let my young man be cured.
007:008 For I too am a man obedient to authority, and have soldiers
under me; and I say to one, `Go,' and he goes; to another,
`Come,' and he comes; and to my slave, `Do this or that,'
and he does it."
007:009 Jesus listened to the Captain's message and was astonished at him,
and He turned and said to the crowd that followed Him, "I tell
you that not even in Israel have I found faith like that."
007:010 And the friends who had been sent, on returning to the house,
found the servant in perfect health.
007:011 Shortly afterwards He went to a town called Nain, attended by His
disciples and a great crowd of people.
007:012 And just as He reached the gate of the town, they happened to be
bringing out for burial a dead man who was his mother's only son;
and she was a widow; and a great number of the townspeople
were with her.