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The Gospel of Luke 7

7 After Jesus finished saying all these things to the people who were listening, he went to the town of Capernaum. 2 In that town there was a centurion in the Roman army who had a slave who was dear to him. This slave was so sick that he was about to die. 3 When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Jesus to ask him to come and heal his slave. 4 When they came to Jesus, they earnestly asked him to help the centurion’s slave. They said, “He deserves to have you do this for him, 5 because he loves our people and he built our synagogue for us.” 6 So Jesus went with them to the officer’s house. When he was almost there, the officer sent some friends to give this message to Jesus: “Lord, do not go to the trouble of coming here, since I am not worthy to have you come into my house. 7 That is why I did not feel that I was worthy to come to you in person. I knew that you could heal my dear slave just by speaking a command. 8 I know that you can do this because I myself am a man who must obey the orders of my superiors. I also have soldiers who must obey my orders. When I say to one of them, ‘Go!’ he goes. When I say to another one, ‘Come!’ he comes. When I say to my slave, ‘Do this!’ he does it.” 9 When Jesus heard what the officer had said, he was amazed at him. Then he turned to the crowd that was with him and said, “Let me tell you, I have not met any Israelite who trusts me as much as this Gentile does!” 10 When the friends who had come from the centurion returned to his house, they found that the slave was in good health again.

11 Soon after that Jesus traveled to the town of Nain. His disciples and a large crowd went with him. 12 As Jesus came near to the town gate, he saw a large crowd coming out of the town. A man had just died, and they were carrying him out to bury him. His mother was in the crowd. She was a widow, and he had been her only son. He had taken care of her while he was alive. 13 When Jesus saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, “Do not cry!” 14 Then he came close to them and touched the stretcher on which the body was lying. The men carrying it stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” 15 Then the man who had died sat up and began to talk! And Jesus led him back to his mother. 16 Everyone there was awestruck. They praised God and said to each other, “A great prophet has come among us!” and “God has come to care for his people!” 17 Then this news about what Jesus had done spread throughout the region of Judea and all the other areas nearby.

18-19 18-19The disciples of John the Baptizer told him about all these things. So John called for two of his disciples and told them to go to the Lord and ask him: “Are you the one whom God promised would come, or should we be expecting someone else?” 20 When those two men came to Jesus, they told him, “John the Baptizer sent us to ask you, ‘Are you the one whom God promised would come? Or should we wait for someone else?’ ” 21 At that same time Jesus was healing many people from sicknesses and serious diseases, and he was delivering them from evil spirits. He also gave many blind people the ability to see again. 22 So he answered those two men, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard. People who were blind are now seeing. People who were lame are now walking. People who had skin diseases no longer have them. People who were deaf can now hear. People who were dead have come back to life. I am proclaiming good news to poor people.” 23 And also tell him, “God will bless anyone who sees what I do and hears what I teach and continues to believe in me.”

24 When the men whom John had sent left, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said, “What did you go into the wilderness to see? A thin stalk of a plant shaken by the wind? 25 But what did you go out to see? A man wearing fancy clothing? Listen, those who wear splendid clothes and who have the best of everything live in kings’ palaces. 26 Then what did you go out there to see? A prophet? Yes, that is who John is! But I tell you that John is more significant than an ordinary prophet. 27 He is the one about whom the prophet wrote long ago: ‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you. He will prepare people for your coming.’

28 I tell you that of all the people who have ever lived, there is no one greater than John. Yet the most insignificant people whose lives God is ruling are greater than John.”

29 When all the people whom John had baptized heard what Jesus said—including the tax collectors—they agreed that God had done the right thing by sending John. 30 But the Pharisees and the experts in the Jewish law, whom John had not baptized, rejected God’s will for them.

31 Then Jesus also said, “I will tell you what you people living in this time period are like. 32 You are like children playing games in an open area. They call out to each other, saying, ‘We played happy music for you on the flute, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry!’ 33 Similarly, when John came to you and did not eat ordinary food or drink wine, you rejected him and said, ‘A demon is controlling him!’ 34 But when the Son of Man came to you and he ate ordinary food and drank wine as others do, then you rejected him and said, ‘Look! This man eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and other sinners!’ 35 But those who are wise themselves recognize that what John and I do is also wise.”

36 One day a certain Pharisee named Simon invited Jesus to eat a meal with him. So Jesus went to the man’s house and reclined at a table to eat. 37 There was also a woman in that city who had a bad reputation. When she heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house, she went there, bringing a stone jar that contained perfume. 38 As Jesus was reclining to eat, the woman stood behind him at his feet. She was crying, and her tears fell on Jesus’ feet. She continually wiped his feet with her hair. She kept kissing them and anointing them with the perfume. 39 When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw what the woman was doing, he thought, “If this man really were a prophet, he would have known who this woman is who is touching him. He would have known what kind of person she is, that she is a sinner.” 40 In response, Jesus said to him, “Simon, there is something I want to tell you.” He replied, “Teacher, what is it?” 41 Jesus told him this story: “Two people owed money to a man who had a business lending money. One of these people owed him 500 silver coins. The other one owed him 50 silver coins. 42 Neither of them was able to pay back what he owed, so the man very kindly said that they both did not have to pay back anything. So, which of those two men will love that man more?” 43 Simon replied, “I assume that the one who had owed him the larger amount will love him more.” Jesus said to him, “You are correct.” 44 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Think about what this woman has done! When I entered your house, you did not do what hosts usually do to welcome their guests. You did not give me any water to wash my feet. But this woman has washed my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair! 45 You did not greet me with a kiss. But from the moment I came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet! 46 You did not anoint my head with olive oil, but she has anointed my feet with fragrant perfume. 47 So I tell you that God has forgiven her many sins, and that is why she loves me very much. But a person who thinks that God has only had to forgive him for a few sins will love me only a little bit.” 48 Then Jesus said to the woman, “I have forgiven your sins.” 49 Then those who were eating with him said among themselves, “Who is this man who says that he can even forgive sins?” 50 But Jesus said to the woman, “Because you have believed in me, God has saved you. May God give you peace as you go!”

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