1Sa 12, Luk 7 | ESV | STEP | And Samuel said to all Israel , Behold , I have obeyed your voice in all that you have said to me and have made a king over you.

1 And Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have obeyed ^ayour voice in all that you have said to me ^band have made a king over you. 2 And now, behold, the king ^cwalks before you, ^dand I am old and gray; and behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day. 3 Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before ^ehis anointed. ^fWhose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew lacks Testify against me} and I will restore it to you.” 4 They said, “You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man’s hand.” 5 And he said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and ^hhis anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything ⁱin my hand.” And they said, “He is witness.”

6 And Samuel said to the people, ^j“The Lord is witness, ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew lacks is witness} who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. 7 Now therefore stand still that I may plead with you before the Lord concerning all the righteous deeds of the Lord that he performed for you and for your fathers. 8 ^lWhen Jacob went into Egypt, and the Egyptians oppressed them, ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew lacks and the Egyptians oppressed them} ⁿthen your fathers cried out to the Lord and ^othe Lord sent Moses and Aaron, ^pwho brought your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place. 9 But ^qthey forgot the Lord their God. ^rAnd he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, ^{▼▼Septuagint the army of Jabin king of Hazor} ^tand into the hand of the Philistines, ^uand into the hand of the king of Moab. And they fought against them. 10 ^vAnd they cried out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord ^wand have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. But now ^xdeliver us out of the hand of our enemies, that we may serve you.’ 11 And the Lord sent ^yJerubbaal ^zand Barak ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew Bedan} ^aband Jephthah and ^acSamuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in safety. 12 And when you saw that ^adNahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, ^aeyou said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ ^afwhen the Lord your God was your king. 13 And now ^agbehold the king whom you have chosen, for whom you have asked; behold, ^ahthe Lord has set a king over you. 14 If you will ^aifear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, and if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God, it will be well. 15 But ^ajif you will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then ^akthe hand of the Lord will be against you and ^alyour king. ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew fathers} 16 Now therefore ^anstand still and see this great thing that the Lord will do before your eyes. 17 ^aoIs it not wheat harvest today? ^apI will call upon the Lord, that he may send thunder and rain. And you shall know and see that ^aqyour wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking for yourselves a king.” 18 So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, ^arand all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

19 And all the people said to Samuel, ^as“Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.” 20 And Samuel said to the people, “Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet ^atdo not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 21 And ^audo not turn aside after ^avempty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty. 22 ^awFor the Lord will not forsake his people, ^axfor his great name’s sake, because ^ayit has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself. 23 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing ^azto pray for you, ^baand I will instruct you in the good and the right way. 24 ^bbOnly fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider ^bcwhat great things he has done for you. 25 But if you still do wickedly, ^bdyou shall be swept away, ^beboth you and your king.”

Luke 7

Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant

1 After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, ^bfhe entered Capernaum. 2 Now a centurion had a servant ^{▼▼Greek bondservant; also verses 3, 8, 10} who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him. 3 When the centurion ^{▼▼Greek he} heard about Jesus, ^bihe sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4 And when they came to Jesus, they pleaded with him earnestly, saying, ^bj“He is worthy to have you do this for him, 5 for he loves our nation, and he is the one who built us ^bkour synagogue.” 6 And Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, ^bldo not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. 7 Therefore I did not presume to come to you. But ^bmsay the word, and let my servant be healed. 8 For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 9 When Jesus heard these things, ^bnhe marveled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such ^bofaith.” 10 And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well.

Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son

11 Soon afterward ^{▼▼Some manuscripts The next day} he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12 As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, ^bqthe only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. 13 And when the Lord saw her, ^brhe had compassion on her and ^bssaid to her, “Do not weep.” 14 Then he came up and touched ^btthe bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, ^buarise.” 15 And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus ^{▼▼Greek he} ^bwgave him to his mother. 16 Fear seized them all, and ^bxthey glorified God, saying, ^by“A great prophet has arisen among us!” and ^bz“God has visited his people!” 17 And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country.

Messengers from John the Baptist

18 ^ca, ^cbThe disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John, 19 calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the one ^ccwho is to come, or ^cdshall we look for another?” 20 And when the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you the one ^cewho is to come, or ^cfshall we look for another?’” 21 In that hour ^cghe healed many people of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and ^chon many who were blind he bestowed sight. 22 And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: ^cithe blind receive their sight, the lame walk, ^cjlepers ^{▼▼Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13} are cleansed, and ^clthe deaf hear, ^cmthe dead are raised up, ^cnthe poor have good news preached to them. 23 And blessed is the one who is ^conot offended by me.”

24 When John’s messengers had gone, Jesus ^{▼▼Greek he} began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out ^cqinto the wilderness to see? ^crA reed shaken by the wind? 25 What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are dressed in splendid clothing and live in luxury are in kings’ courts. 26 What then did you go out to see? ^csA prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 27 This is he of whom it is written,

^ct“‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you.’
28 I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” 29 ( ^cuWhen all the people heard this, and ^cvthe tax collectors too, they declared God just, ^{▼▼Greek they justified God} ^cxhaving been baptized with ^cythe baptism of John, 30 ^czbut the Pharisees and ^dathe lawyers ^dbrejected ^dcthe purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)

31 “To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another,

“‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’
33 For John the Baptist has come ^ddeating no bread and ^dedrinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34 The Son of Man has come ^dfeating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, ^dga friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ 35 Yet ^dhwisdom is justified by all her children.”

A Sinful Woman Forgiven

36 ^diOne of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. 37 ^djAnd behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, 38 and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and ^dkwiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If ^dlthis man were ^dma prophet, he ^dnwould have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.” 40 And Jesus answering said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he answered, “Say it, Teacher.”

41 “A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred ^dodenarii, and the other fifty. 42 ^dpWhen they could not pay, he ^dqcancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?” 43 Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.” 44 Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; ^dryou gave me no water for my feet, but ^dsshe has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 ^dtYou gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to ^dukiss my feet. 46 ^dvYou did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. 47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, ^dwwhich are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.” 48 And he said to her, ^dx“Your sins are forgiven.” 49 Then those who were at table with him began to say among ^{▼▼Or to} themselves, ^dz“Who is this, who even forgives sins?” 50 And he said to the woman, ^ea“Your faith has saved you; ^ebgo in peace.”