Mat 8:5-13, Joh 4:43-54 | ISV | STEP | Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a centurion came up to him and begged him repeatedly,

Matthew 8:5-13

5 Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant Luke 7:1-10; John 4:43-54When Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} returned to Capernaum, a centurion ^{▼▼I.e. a commander of about 100 soldiers} came up to him and begged him repeatedly,Luke 7:1 6 “Sir, ^{▼▼Or Lord} my servant is lying at home paralyzed and in terrible pain.”

7 Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. He} said to him, “I will come and heal him.”

8 The centurion replied, “Sir, ^{▼▼Or Lord} I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.Ps 107:20; Luke 15:19, 21 9 For I, too, am a man under authority and have soldiers under me. I say to one ‘Go’ and he goes, to another ‘Come’ and he comes, and to my servant ‘Do this’ and he does it.”

10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those who were following him, “Truly I tell you, not even ^{▼▼Other mss. read in no one} in Israel have I found this kind of faith! 11 I tell you, many will come from east and west and will feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.Gen 12:3; Isa 2:2-3; 11:10; Mal 1:11; Luke 13:29; Acts 10:45; 11:18; 14:27; Rom 15:9; Eph 3:6 12 But the citizens ^{▼▼Lit. sons} of that kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.” ^{▼▼I.e. extreme pain}Matt 13:42, 50; 21:43; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30; Luke 13:28; 2Pet 2:17; Jude 1:13

13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go. It will be done for you just as you have believed.” And his servant was healed that very hour.

John 4:43-54

43 Jesus Heals an Official's SonTwo days later, Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} went from that place to Galilee. 44 For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.Matt 13:57; Mark 6:4; Luke 4:24 45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem during the festival. For they, too, had gone to the festival.Deut 16:16; John 2:23; 3:2

46 So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. Meanwhile, in Capernaum there was a government official whose son was ill.John 2:1, 11 47 When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him repeatedly to come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.

48 Jesus told him, “Unless you people ^{▼▼Lit. you (pl.)} see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”1Cor 1:22

49 The official said to him, “Sir, ^{▼▼Or Lord} please come down before my little boy dies.”

50 Jesus said to him, “Go home. Your son will live.” The man believed what Jesus told him and started on his way.

51 While he was on his way down, his servants met him and told him that his child ^{▼▼Other mss. read son} was alive. 52 So he asked them at what hour he had begun to recover, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at one o'clock in the afternoon.” ^{▼▼Lit. the seventh hour}

53 Then the father realized that this was the very hour when Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, along with his whole family.

54 Now this was the second sign that Jesus did after coming from Judea to Galilee.