Luke 7
1 Now when he had
ended all his sayings in the
audience of the
people, he
entered into Capernaum. 2 And a
certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto
him, was sick, and
ready to
die.
3 And when he
heard of Jesus, he
sent unto him the
elders of the
Jews, beseeching him that he would
come and
heal his servant. 4 And when they
came to Jesus, they
besought him instantly, saying,
That he
was worthy for
whom he should
do this: 5 For he
loveth our nation, and he hath
built us a
synagogue. 6 Then Jesus went with them. And when
he was now not far from the
house, the
centurion sent friends to him, saying unto
him, Lord, trouble not thyself:
for I
am not worthy that thou shouldest
enter under my roof: 7 Wherefore neither thought
I myself worthy to
come unto thee: but say in a
word, and my servant shall be
healed.
8 For I also am a
man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I
say unto
one, Go,
and he
goeth;
and to
another, Come,
and he
cometh;
and to
my servant, Do this, and he
doeth it.
9 When Jesus heard these
things, he
marvelled at
him, and turned him
about, and
said unto the
people that
followed him, I
say unto
you, I have not
found so
great faith, no,
not in Israel. 10 And they that were
sent,
returning to the
house, found the
servant whole that had been
sick.
11 And it came to
pass the day
after, that he
went into a
city called Nain; and many of
his disciples went
with him, and much people. 12 Now when he came
nigh to the
gate of the
city, behold, there
was a dead
man carried
out, the
only son of
his mother, and she was a
widow: and much people of the
city was with her. 13 And when the
Lord saw her, he had
compassion on her, and said unto
her, Weep not. 14 And he
came and
touched the
bier: and they that
bare him stood
still.
And he
said, Young
man, I
say unto
thee, Arise.
15 And he that was
dead sat
up,
and began to
speak.
And he
delivered him to
his mother. 16 And there
came a
fear on
all: and they
glorified God, saying,
That a
great prophet is risen
up among us; and, That God hath
visited his people. 17 And this rumour of him went
forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round
about. 18 And the
disciples of
John shewed him of all these
things. 19 And John calling unto him
two of his disciples sent them
to Jesus, saying,
Art thou he that should
come?
or look we
for another? 20 When the
men were
come unto him, they
said,
John Baptist hath
sent us unto thee, saying,
Art thou he that should
come?
or look we
for another? 21 And in that
same hour he
cured many of their
infirmities and plagues, and of
evil spirits; and unto
many that were
blind he
gave sight.
22 Then Jesus answering said unto
them, Go your
way, and
tell John what
things ye have
seen and heard;
how that the
blind see, the
lame walk, the
lepers are
cleansed, the
deaf hear, the
dead are
raised, to the
poor the gospel is
preached.
23 And blessed is he,
whosoever shall not be
offended in me. 24 And when the
messengers of
John were
departed, he
began to
speak unto the
people concerning John, What went ye
out into the
wilderness for to
see? A
reed shaken with the
wind? 25 But what went ye
out for to
see? A
man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which
are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings'
courts. 26 But what went ye
out for to
see? A
prophet? Yea, I
say unto
you, and much
more than a
prophet. 27 This is he,
of whom it is
written,
Behold,
I send my messenger before thy face, which shall
prepare thy way before thee. 28 For I
say unto
you, Among those that are
born of
women there
is not a
greater prophet than John the
Baptist: but he that is
least in the
kingdom of
God is greater
than he. 29 And all the
people that
heard him,
and the
publicans, justified God, being
baptized with the
baptism of
John. 30 But the
Pharisees and lawyers rejected the
counsel of
God against themselves, being not baptized of him. 31 And the
Lord said,
Whereunto then shall I
liken the
men of
this generation? and to
what are
they like? 32 They
are like unto
children sitting in the
marketplace, and calling one to
another, and saying, We have
piped unto
you, and ye
have not danced; we have
mourned to
you, and ye
have not wept.
33 For John the
Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye
say, He
hath a
devil. 34 The
Son of
man is
come eating and drinking;
and ye
say,
Behold a
gluttonous man, and a
winebibber, a
friend of
publicans and sinners! 35 But wisdom is
justified of all her children. 36 And one of the
Pharisees desired him that he would
eat with him. And he
went into the
Pharisee's house, and sat down to
meat.
37 And, behold, a
woman in the
city, which was a
sinner, when she
knew that Jesus sat at
meat in the
Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster
box of
ointment, 38 And stood at his feet behind him
weeping, and
began to
wash his feet with
tears, and did
wipe them with the
hairs of
her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the
ointment. 39 Now when the
Pharisee which had
bidden him saw it, he
spake within himself, saying, This
man, if he
were a
prophet, would have
known who and what
manner of
woman this is
that toucheth him: for she
is a
sinner. 40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I
have somewhat to
say unto
thee. And he
saith,
Master, say
on.
41 There
was a
certain creditor which had
two debtors: the
one owed five
hundred pence, and the
other fifty. 42 And when
they had nothing to
pay, he frankly
forgave them
both. Tell
me therefore, which of
them will
love him most? 43 Simon answered and said, I
suppose that he, to
whom he
forgave most. And he
said unto
him, Thou
hast rightly judged.
44 And he
turned to the
woman, and
said unto
Simon, Seest
thou this woman? I
entered into thine house, thou gavest
me no water for my feet: but she hath
washed my feet with
tears, and wiped them with the
hairs of
her head. 45 Thou
gavest me no kiss: but this
woman since the
time I came
in hath not ceased to
kiss my feet. 46 My head with
oil thou
didst not anoint:
but this
woman hath
anointed my feet with
ointment. 47 Wherefore I say unto
thee, Her sins, which are
many, are
forgiven;
for she
loved much: but to
whom little is
forgiven, the same
loveth little. 48 And he
said unto
her, Thy sins are
forgiven.
49 And they that sat at meat with
him began to
say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? 50 And he
said to the
woman, Thy faith hath
saved thee; go in peace.