Luke 7

¹And when He completed all His words in the hearing of the people, He entered into Capernaum.

²And a certain servant of a centurion, who was valued highly to him, being ill, was about to die.

³And having heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, asking Him that, having come, He might save his servant.

⁴And having come to Jesus, they were imploring Him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy to whom You will grant this,

⁵for he loves our nation, and he built the synagogue for us.”

⁶And Jesus was going with them, and now in His being not far away from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not fit that You should enter under my roof.

⁷Therefore neither did I count myself worthy to come to You. But say a word, and let my servant be healed.

⁸For I also am a man appointed under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does.”

⁹And having heard these things, Jesus marveled at him. And having turned to the crowd following Him, He said, “I say to you, not even in Israel did I find such great faith.”

¹⁰And having returned to the house, those having been sent found the servant in good health.

¹¹And it came to pass on the next day that He went into a city called Nain, and His disciples were going with Him, and a great crowd.

¹²And as He drew near to the gate of the city, then, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only begotten son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd of the city was with her.

¹³And having seen her, the Lord was moved with compassion toward her and said to her, “Do not weep.”

¹⁴And having come up, He touched the bier; and those bearing it stood still. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise!”

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

¹⁶And fear took all, and they were glorifying God, saying, “A great prophet arose among us!” and, “God visited His people!”

¹⁷And the word of this went forth in all Judea about Him—and in all the surrounding region.

¹⁸And his disciples reported to John about all these things.

¹⁹And having summoned a certain two of his disciples, John sent to the Lord, saying, “Are You the coming One, or do we look for another?”

²⁰And having come to Him, the men said, “John the Baptist sent us to You, saying, ‘Are You the coming One, or do we look for another?’”

²¹In that very hour, He healed many of diseases and afflictions and evil spirits, and to many blind He granted to see.

²²And answering, He said to them, “Having gone, report to John what you saw and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed.

²³And blessed is the one who shall not be caused to stumble in Me.”

²⁴And the messengers of John having gone away, He began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

²⁵But what did you go out to see? A man arrayed in soft garments? Behold, those in splendid clothing and living in luxury are in the palaces.

²⁶But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

²⁷This is he about whom it has been written: ‘Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You.’

²⁸I say to you, no one among those born of women is greater than John; yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

²⁹And all the people having heard, even the tax collectors, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John.

³⁰But the Pharisees and the lawyers set aside the counsel of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.

³¹“To what, therefore, will I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?

³²They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, saying: ‘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 neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

³⁴The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and of sinners!’

³⁵And wisdom was justified from all her children.”

³⁶And one of the Pharisees was requesting of Him that He should eat with him, and having entered into the house of the Pharisee, He reclined.

³⁷And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner. And having known that He is reclining in the house of the Pharisee, having taken an alabaster flask of fragrant oil,

³⁸and having stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and she was wiping them with the hairs of her head, and she was kissing His feet and was anointing them with the fragrant oil.

³⁹And the Pharisee, the one having called Him, having seen, spoke within himself, saying, “If this man were a prophet, He would have known who and what kind the woman is who touches Him—because she is a sinner.”

⁴⁰And answering, Jesus said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he says, “Teacher, say it.”

⁴¹“There were two debtors to a certain lender. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

⁴²Of them having nothing to repay, he forgave both. Therefore which of them will love him more?”

⁴³Answering, Simon said, “I suppose he to whom he forgave the more.” And He said to him, “You judged correctly.”

⁴⁴And having turned to the woman, He was saying to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house; you did not give water for My feet, but she herself wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

⁴⁵You did not give to Me a kiss, but from which time I entered, she herself did not cease kissing My feet.

⁴⁶You did not anoint My head with oil, but she herself anointed My feet with fragrant oil.

⁴⁷Therefore I say to you this: Her many sins have been forgiven, because she loved much; but to whom little is forgiven, he loves little.”

⁴⁸And He said to her, “Your sins have been forgiven.”

⁴⁹And those reclining with Him began to say within themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

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