The Gospel of Luke for Readers | Page 9

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worthy that thou should enter under my roof. Neither did I think myself
worthy to come to thee. Only say in a word, and my servant shall be
healed. For I also am a man set under authority. And I have soldiers
under me. I say to one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he
comes. And to my servant I say, Do this, and he does it.
When Jesus heard this, He marvelled. He turned around and said to the
people that followed Him, I have not found such great faith anywhere
in Israel. When those who came to Jesus on behalf of the centurion
returned to the house they found the servant healed.
The next day Jesus went to a city called Nain. His disciples and many
people were with Him. When He got near the gate of the city, a dead
man was being carried out. He had been the only son of a widow and
many people of the city were with her. When the Lord saw her, He had
compassion and said to her, Weep not. Then Jesus went over and
touched the bier. Those who bore him stood still. Then Jesus said,
Young man, I say to thee, Arise.
The young man that was dead sat up and began to speak and Jesus
delivered him to his mother. And there came a fear on all and they
glorified God, saying, A great prophet is risen up among us. God has
visited His people. This story of Him went forth throughout all Judaea,
and all the surrounding region.
When the disciples of John told him of these things, John sent two of
them to Jesus to ask, Art thou He that should come or do we look for
another? At the same time Jesus cured many of their infirmities and
plagues, and of evil spirits; and to many that were blind He gave sight.
Then Jesus said to John's disciples, Go and tell John the things ye have
seen and heard; how the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and to the poor the gospel
is preached. Blessed is he, who shall not be offended in me.
Jesus then told the people about John. He said, What went ye out into
the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? What went ye out
to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those who are
gorgeously apparelled and live delicately are in kings' courts.

But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much
more than a prophet. This is he, of whom it is written: Behold, I send
my messenger, who shall prepare thy way before thee. And, I say to
you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet
than John the Baptist, only he that is least in the kingdom of God is
greater than he. All the people that heard Him, even the publicans, who
received the baptism of John, justified God. But the Pharisees and
lawyers rejected the counsel of God and were not baptized by him.
The Lord said, Those of this generation are like children sitting in the
marketplace, and, calling one to another, saying, We have piped to you,
and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and
ye say, He has a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking;
and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of
publicans and sinners! But wisdom is justified of all her children.
One of the Pharisees invited Him to eat with him. Jesus went into the
Pharisee's house and sat down. When a woman in the city, who was a
sinner, heard that Jesus ate at the Pharisee's house, she came with an
alabaster box of ointment and stood behind Him at His feet. She was
weeping, and began to wash His feet with tears, and wipe them with her
hair. She kissed His feet and anointed them with the ointment.
When the Pharisee who invited Him saw it, he said to himself, If this
man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of
woman this is that touches Him. She is a sinner. Then Jesus turned and
said, Simon, I have something to say to thee. And he said, Master, say
on.
Jesus began, There was a creditor who had two debtors. One owed five
hundred coins, and the other fifty. When they had nothing to pay, he
freely forgave them both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love
him most? Simon