Luke 7

¹After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people , he entered Capernaum .

²Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death , who was highly valued by him .

³When the centurion heard about Jesus , he sent to him elders of the Jews , asking him to come and heal his servant .

⁴And when they came to Jesus , they pleaded with him earnestly , saying , He is worthy to have you do this for him ,

⁵for he loves our nation , and he is the one who built us our synagogue .

⁶And Jesus went with them . When he was not far from the house , the centurion sent friends , saying to him , Lord , do not trouble yourself , for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof .

⁷Therefore I did not presume to come to you . But say the word , and let my servant be healed .

⁸For I too am a man set under authority , with soldiers under me : 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.

⁹When Jesus heard these things , he marveled at him , and turning to the crowd that followed him , said, I tell you , not even in Israel have I found such faith .

¹⁰And when those who had been sent returned to the house , they found the servant well .

¹¹Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain , and his disciples and a great crowd went with him .

¹²As he drew near to the gate of the town , behold , a man who had died was being carried out , the only son of his mother , and she was a widow , and a considerable crowd from the town was with her .

¹³And when the Lord saw her , he had compassion on her and said to her , Do not weep.

¹⁴Then he came up and touched the bier , and the bearers stood still . And he said , Young man , I say to you , arise .

¹⁵And the dead man sat up and began to speak , and Jesus gave him to his mother .

¹⁶Fear seized them all , and they glorified God , saying , A great prophet has arisen among us ! and God has visited his people !

¹⁷And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country .

¹⁸, The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John ,

¹⁹calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord , saying , Are you the one who is to come , or shall we look for another ?

²⁰And when the men had come to him , they said , John the Baptist has sent us to you , saying , Are you the one who is to come , or shall we look for another ?

²¹In that hour he healed many people of diseases and plagues and evil spirits , and on many who were blind he bestowed sight .

²²And he answered them , Go and tell John what you have seen and heard : the blind receive their sight , the lame walk , lepers are cleansed , and the deaf hear , the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them.

²³And blessed is the one who is not offended by me .

²⁴When John’s messengers had gone , Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John : What did you go out into the wilderness to see ? A reed shaken by the wind ?

²⁵What then did you go out to see ? A man dressed in soft clothing ? Behold , those who are dressed in splendid clothing and live in luxury are in kings’ courts .

²⁶What then did you go out to see ? A prophet ? Yes , I tell you , and more than a prophet .

²⁷This is he of whom it is written , Behold , I send my messenger before your face , who will prepare your way before you .

²⁸I tell you , among those born of women none is greater than John . Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he .

²⁹( When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just, having been baptized with the baptism of John ,

³⁰but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves , not having been baptized by him .)

³¹To what then shall I compare the people of this generation , and what are they like ?

³²They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another , We played the flute for you , and you did not dance ; we sang a dirge , and you did not weep .

³³For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine , and you say , He has a demon .

³⁴The Son of Man has come eating and drinking , and you say , Look at him ! A glutton and a drunkard , a friend of tax collectors and sinners !

³⁵Yet wisdom is justified by all her children .

³⁶One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him , and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table .

³⁷And behold , a woman of the city , who was a sinner , when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house , brought an alabaster flask of ointment ,

³⁸and standing behind him at his feet , weeping , she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment .

³⁹Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself , If this man were a prophet , he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him , for she is a sinner .

⁴⁰And Jesus answering said to him , Simon , I have something to say to you . And he answered , Say it , Teacher .

⁴¹A certain moneylender had two debtors . One owed five hundred denarii , and the other fifty .

⁴²When they could not pay , he cancelled the debt of both . Now which of them will love him more ?

⁴³Simon answered , The one, I suppose , for whom he cancelled the larger debt . And he said to him , You have judged rightly .

⁴⁴Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon , Do you see this woman ? I entered your house ; you gave me no water for my feet , but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair .

⁴⁵You gave me no kiss , but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet .

⁴⁶You did not anoint my head with oil , but she has anointed my feet with ointment .

⁴⁷Therefore I tell you , her sins , which are many , are forgiven — for she loved much . But he who is forgiven little , loves little .

⁴⁸And he said to her , Your sins are forgiven .

⁴⁹Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves , Who is this , who even forgives sins ?

⁵⁰And he said to the woman , Your faith has saved you ; go in peace .