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- Catholic Giving - About USCCB The Healing of a Centurion’s
Slave.a 1* When he had finished all his words to the people, he
entered Capernaum.* 2A centurion* there had a slave who was ill
and about to die, and he was valuable to him. 3When he heard
about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, asking him to
come and save the life of his slave. 4They approached Jesus and
strongly urged him to come, saying, “He deserves to have you do
this for him, 5for he loves our nation and he built the
synagogue for us.” 6And Jesus went with them, but when he was
only a short distance from the house, the centurion sent friends
to tell him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy
to have you enter under my roof.* 7Therefore, I did not consider
myself worthy to come to you; but say the word and let my
servant be healed. 8For I too am a person subject to authority,
with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he
goes; and to another, ‘C