Luke 7

Thomson^{(i) 1} Now when he had finished all these his sayings in the hearing of the people, he went to Capernaum, ² where a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to his master, was sick and at the point of death. ³ And the centurion, having heard of Jesus, had sent to him the elders of the Jews with a request that he would come and cure his servant. ⁴ And when they came to Jesus, they pressed him earnestly, saying, He is worthy of this favour; ⁵ for he loveth our nation, and it was he who built the synagogue for us. ⁶ So Jesus went with them. But when he was now at no great distance from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying, Sir, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof: ⁷ and for that reason I did not think myself worthy to come to thee. Say but a word, and my servant will be healed. ⁸ For even I, who am a man subject to authority, having soldiers under me, say to one, Go; and he goeth: and to another, Come; and he cometh: and to my slave, Do this; and he doeth it. ⁹ When Jesus heard this, he admired him; and turning to the multitude that followed him, he said, I say to you, I have not found such an instance of faith even in Israel. ¹⁰ And when they, who had been sent, returned to the house, they found the servant well who had been sick. ¹¹ And on the day following, he went to a city called Nain, accompanied by many of his disciples, and a great crowd. ¹² And as he approached the gate of the city, behold the people were carrying out a dead man to be buried; the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And there was a great multitude of the city with her. ¹³ And when the Lord beheld her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, Weep not. ¹⁴ Then he advanced and touched the bier, [now the bearers had stopped] and he said, Young man, I say to thee, Arise. ¹⁵ Thereupon he who had been dead, sat up and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. ¹⁶ And a dread fell upon all; and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is risen up among us, and God hath visited his people. ¹⁷ And his fame spread through all Judea and through all the neighbouring country. ¹⁸ When John was informed by his disciples of all these things, ¹⁹ he called two of them and sent them to Jesus, saying, Thou art the one coming: may we expect another? ²⁰ And when the men came to him, they said, John the baptist hath sent us to thee saying, Thou art the one coming: may we expect another? ²¹ Now at that very time he was curing many of diseases, and maladies, and evil spirits, and graciously bestowing sight to many who were blind. ²² And Jesus answering, said to them, Go and tell John what you have seen and heard; that the blind see; the lame walk; lepers are cleansed; deaf hear; dead are raised to life, and the poor have glad tidings proclaimed to them. ²³ And happy is he who shall not be stumbled at me. ²⁴ And when John's messengers were gone, he took occasion to say to the people respecting John, What went ye out to the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? ²⁵ But what went ye out to see? A man clothed with soft raiment? Behold they who are splendidly dressed, and who live luxuriously, are to be found in royal palaces. ²⁶ But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and something more than a prophet. ²⁷ This is he, of whom it is written, "Behold I send my messenger before thee, who shall prepare thy way for thee." ²⁸ For I say to you, Among those who are born of women, there is not a greater prophet than John the baptist, but the least in the kingdom of God is a greater than he. ²⁹ All the people indeed, even the publicans, when they heard, justified God by submitting to the baptism of John; ³⁰ but the Pharisees and the teachers of the law made null, with regard to themselves, the counsel of God, by not submitting to be baptized by him; ³¹ therefore the Lord said, To what shall I compare the men of this generation, and to what are they like? ³² They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and say, We have played on the pipe for you, and you have not danced: we have sung for you songs of woe, and you have not wept. ³³ For John the baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He hath a demon. ³⁴ The son of man came eating and drinking; and you say, Behold a gluttonous man and a wine bibber; a friend of publicans and sinners. ³⁵ But wisdom is justified by all her children. ³⁶ When one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he had gone to the Pharisee's house and placed himself at table, ³⁷ behold a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was at table in the Pharisee's house, took an alabaster bottle of myrrh, ³⁸ and standing behind, at his feet, weeping, she first bathed his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the tresses of her hair. Then she kissed his feet and anointed them with the myrrh. ³⁹ When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said within himself, if this man were a prophet, he would know what sort of a woman this is, who toucheth him; that she is a sinner. ⁴⁰ Thereupon Jesus addressing him, said; Simon, I have something to say to thee. And he saith, Teacher, say it. ⁴¹ A certain creditor had two debtors. The one owed him five hundred deniars; and the other fifty. ⁴² And as they had not wherewithal to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, therefore, said he, will love him most? ⁴³ To which Simon replied, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave most. Jesus said to him, Thou hast judged rightly. ⁴⁴ Then turning towards the woman, he said to Simon, Thou seest this woman? I came to thy house: Thou gavest me no water for my feet; but she with her tears hath washed my feet, and wiped them with the hairs of her head: ⁴⁵ Thou gavest me no kiss: but she, since I came in, hath not ceased kissing my feet. ⁴⁶ My head thou didst not anoint with oil: but she hath anointed my feet with myrrh. ⁴⁷ For what reason? I tell thee. Her sins which are many, are forgiven her; therefore her love is great. But he to whom little is forgiven, hath little love. ⁴⁸ Then he said to her, Thy sins are forgiven. ⁴⁹ Upon this, they who were at table with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins? ⁵⁰ Thereupon he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee, Go in peace.