5 When Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) arrived in Kafarnaoum (Capernaum), a Romaios army commander approached him and pleaded with him, 6 saying, “Master, I have a slave who’s paralysed and has to stay in bed because he’s being badly tormented.”

7 “I’ll come and heal him,” Yeshua answered.

8 “But master,” the commander replied, “I’m not worthy of you coming to my house, but just give the command and my slave will be healed, 9 because I’m also a man given a position under authority, with soldiers under me, and I tell this one, ‘Come here,’ and he comes, and tell my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.

10 Yeshua was amazed when he heard that, and said to his followers around him, “I can assure you that I haven’t discovered faith like that from any Israeli. 11 I’m telling you that many people from all over the world will come and join Avraham and Yitshak (Isaac) and Ya’akov (Jacob) at the table in the heavenly kingdom,[ref] 12 but the ones who thought they were the true children will be thrown out into the distant darkness where there’ll be crying and regrets.[ref] 13 Then he said to the commander, “Go, then, and it’ll happen according to your faith,” and his slave was healed that very moment.