Shared Word Translation
Luke 7
The Faith of a Centurion
After he had completed all his words in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. Now a certain centurion had a slave who was ill and about to die, who was valuable to him. And hearing about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and save his slave. And they came to Jesus and were earnestly urging him, saying, “He is worthy for you to grant this, for he loves our nation and he himself built the synagogue for us.”
And Jesus was going with them. But when he was already not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof. Therefore I did not consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man set 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 slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
And hearing these things, Jesus marveled at him, and turning to the crowd following him, said, “I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” And returning to the house, those who had been sent found the slave in good health.
Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son
And it happened soon afterward that he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd were going with him. And as he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. And seeing her, the Lord had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.”
And coming near, he touched the bier, and those carrying it stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother. And fear seized all, and they were glorifying God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us,” and “God has visited his people.” And this word about him went out in the whole of Judea and all the surrounding region.
Messengers from John the Baptist
And the disciples of John reported to him about all these things. And calling two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect another?” And coming to him, the men said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect another?’”
In that hour he healed many from diseases and afflictions and evil spirits, and to many blind he granted sight. And answering, he said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them. And blessed is whoever is not offended by me.”
Jesus’ Testimony Concerning John
And when the messengers of John had gone, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold, those in splendid clothing and luxury are in royal palaces. But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
This is he of whom it is written,
‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you.’
I say to you, among those born of women no one is greater than John; but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
And all the people who heard, and the tax collectors, justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John; but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.
This Generation Compared to Children
“To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, who say:
‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we sang a lament, and you did not weep.’
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ And wisdom is justified by all her children.”
A Sinful Woman Forgiven
And one of the Pharisees was asking him to eat with him, and entering into the house of the Pharisee, he reclined at table. And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, learning that he was reclining in the house of the Pharisee, brought an alabaster jar of ointment, and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and was wiping them with the hair of her head and kissing his feet and anointing them with the ointment.
Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said within himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.” And answering, Jesus said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he said, “Teacher, say it.”
“A certain creditor had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they were not able to repay, he freely forgave both. Which of them, therefore, will love him more?” Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one for whom he forgave more.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.”
And turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss, but she, from the time I entered, has not ceased kissing my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.” And he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” And those reclining with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”