The Good News According to Luke, Chapter 7
{7:1} After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people,
he entered into Capernaum. {7:2} A certain centurion's servant, who
was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death. {7:3} When he
heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to
come and save his servant. {7:4} When they came to Jesus, they begged
him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy for you to do this for him, {7:5}
for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us." {7:6}
Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the
centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, don't trouble
yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof. {7:7}
Therefore I didn't even think myself worthy to come to you; but say
the word, and my servant will be healed. {7:8} For I also am a man
placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one,
'Go!' and he goes; and to another, 'Come!' and he comes; and to my
servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
{7:9} When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned
and said to the multitude who followed him, "I tell you, I have not
found such great faith, no, not in Israel." {7:10} Those who were
sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick
was well.
{7:11} It happened soon afterwards, that he went to a city called
Nain. Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, went with
him. {7:12} Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one
who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was
a widow. Many people of the city were with her. {7:13} When the Lord
saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry."
{7:14} He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood
still. He said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!" {7:15} He who was dead
sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
{7:16} Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, "A
great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited his people!"
{7:17} This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea, and
in all the surrounding region.
{7:18} The disciples of John told him about all these things. {7:19}
John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus,
saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for
another?" {7:20} When the men had come to him, they said, "John the
Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should
we look for another?'"
{7:21} In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil
spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight. {7:22} Jesus
answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you have seen and
heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers
are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have
good news preached to them. {7:23} Blessed is he who is not offended
by me."
{7:24} When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the
multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to
see? A reed shaken by the wind? {7:25} But what did you go out to see?
A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously
dressed, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. {7:26} But what
did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than
a prophet. {7:27} This is he of whom it is written,
'Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you.'[1]
{7:28} "For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is
not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in
the Kingdom of God is greater than he."
{7:29} When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they
declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.
{7:30} But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God,
not being baptized by him themselves.
{7:31} [2]"To what then will I liken the people of this generation?
What are they like? {7:32} They are like children who sit in the
marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and
you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.' {7:33} For John
the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say,
'He has a demon.' {7:34} The Son of Man has come eating and drinking,
and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of
tax collectors and sinners!' {7:35} Wisdom is justified by all her
children."
{7:36} One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered
into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table. {7:37} Behold, a
woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was
reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of
ointment. {7:38} Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet
his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head,
kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. {7:39} Now when
the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This
man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of
woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."
{7:40} Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you."
He said, "Teacher, say on."
{7:41} "A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred
denarii, and the other fifty. {7:42} When they couldn't pay, he
forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"
{7:43} Simon answered, "He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most."
He said to him, "You have judged correctly." {7:44} Turning to the
woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your
house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet
with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. {7:45} You
gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to
kiss my feet. {7:46} You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has
anointed my feet with ointment. {7:47} Therefore I tell you, her sins,
which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little
is forgiven, the same loves little." {7:48} He said to her, "Your sins
are forgiven."
{7:49} Those who sat at the table with him began to say to
themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"
{7:50} He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."
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Footnotes:
[1] {7:27} Malachi 3:1
[2] {7:31} TR adds "But the Lord said,"
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