The Centurion understands authority5When Jesus had arrived at Capernaum, a Roman centurion approached Him seeking help.6He said to Jesus: "Lord, my servant lies paralysed at my home and is suffering terribly."7"I will go and heal him," Jesus offered.8But the centurion replied: "Lord I am not worthy enough to have You in my house. You only have to issue the command and my servant will be healed.9As a soldier I am myself under authority, with soldiers under my authority. If I say to one, 'Go,' he goes, or to another, 'Come,' he comes; I only have to say, 'Do this,' to my servant and he does it."10Jesus was astonished at what the centurion said and told those who were following Him: "I tell you the truth, nowhere among all the people of Israel have I found anyone with such faith as this Roman soldier.11I tell you clearly that many will come from the east and west and will be welcome to take their places at the feast alongside Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of heaven.12Yet those who you would think would automatically be considered as belonging to that Kingdom will be excluded and thrown into outer darkness, where there will be deep mourning and cries of despair."13Turning to the centurion, Jesus said: "Go! The healing will take place in precisely the way you believed it would happen." The soldier's servant was healed at exactly the time Jesus said this!
Scripture quoted by permission. The passage above is taken from THE TRUTH VERSION. Copyright © 2009 by Colin Urquhart. All rights reserved worldwide. (The Truth New Testament)