Only Speak a Word

5When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, pleading with him,

6and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.”

7And he says to him, “I will come and heal him.”

8And the centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed.”

9For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.

10When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith.”

11But I tell you that many will come from east and west and will recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

12But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there.

13And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; as you have believed, let it be done for you.” And the servant was healed in that hour.