Luke 7 - English Standard Version (ESV)

Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant

7 After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, ^(A)he entered Capernaum. ² Now a centurion had a servant^[a] who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him. ³ When the centurion^[b] heard about Jesus, ^(B)he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant. ⁴ And when they came to Jesus, they pleaded with him earnestly, saying, ^(C)“He is worthy to have you do this for him, ⁵ for he loves our nation, and he is the one who built us ^(D)our synagogue.” ⁶ And Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, ^(E)do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. ⁷ Therefore I did not presume to come to you. But ^(F)say the word, and let my servant be healed. ⁸ For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ⁹ When Jesus heard these things, ^(G)he marveled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such ^(H)faith.” ¹⁰ And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well.

Jesus Raises a Widow's Son

¹¹ Soon afterward^[c] he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. ¹² As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, ^(I)the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. ¹³ And when the Lord saw her, ^(J)he had compassion on her and ^(K)said to her, “Do not weep.” ¹⁴ Then he came up and touched ^(L)the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, ^(M)arise.” ¹⁵ And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus^{[d] (N)}gave him to his mother. ¹⁶ Fear seized them all, and ^(O)they glorified God, saying, ^(P)“A great prophet has arisen among us!” and ^(Q)“God has visited his people!” ¹⁷ And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country.

Messengers from John the Baptist

^{18 (R)(S)}The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John, ¹⁹ calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the one ^(T)who is to come, or ^(U)shall we look for another?” ²⁰ And when the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you the one ^(V)who is to come, or ^(W)shall we look for another?’” ²¹ In that hour ^(X)he healed many people of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and ^(Y)on many who were blind he bestowed sight. ²² And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: ^(Z)the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, ^(AA)lepers^[e] are cleansed, and ^(AB)the deaf hear, ^(AC)the dead are raised up, ^(AD)the poor have good news preached to them. ²³ And blessed is the one who is ^(AE)not offended by me.”

²⁴ When John's messengers had gone, Jesus^[f] began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out ^(AF)into the wilderness to see? ^(AG)A reed shaken by the wind? ²⁵ What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are dressed in splendid clothing and live in luxury are in kings' courts. ²⁶ What then did you go out to see? ^(AH)A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. ²⁷ This is he of whom it is written,

^(AI)“‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you.’

²⁸ I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” ²⁹ (^(AJ)When all the people heard this, and ^(AK)the tax collectors too, they declared God just,^{[g] (AL)}having been baptized with ^(AM)the baptism of John, ^{30 (AN)}but the Pharisees and ^(AO)the lawyers ^(AP)rejected ^(AQ)the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)

³¹ “To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? ³² They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another,

“‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’

³³ For John the Baptist has come ^(AR)eating no bread and ^(AS)drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ ³⁴ The Son of Man has come ^(AT)eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, ^(AU)a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ ³⁵ Yet ^(AV)wisdom is justified by all her children.”

A Sinful Woman Forgiven

^{36 (AW)}One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table. ^{37 (AX)}And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, ³⁸ and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and ^(AY)wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. ³⁹ Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If ^(AZ)this man were ^(BA)a prophet, he ^(BB)would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.” ⁴⁰ And Jesus answering said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he answered, “Say it, Teacher.”

⁴¹ “A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred ^(BC)denarii, and the other fifty. ^{42 (BD)}When they could not pay, he ^(BE)cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?” ⁴³ Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.” ⁴⁴ Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; ^(BF)you gave me no water for my feet, but ^(BG)she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. ^{45 (BH)}You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to ^(BI)kiss my feet. ^{46 (BJ)}You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. ⁴⁷ Therefore I tell you, her sins, ^(BK)which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.” ⁴⁸ And he said to her, ^(BL)“Your sins are forgiven.” ⁴⁹ Then those who were at table with him began to say among^[h] themselves, ^(BM)“Who is this, who even forgives sins?” ⁵⁰ And he said to the woman, ^(BN)“Your faith has saved you; ^(BO)go in peace.”

Footnotes

1. Luke 7:2 Or bondservant; also verses 3, 8, 10
2. Luke 7:3 Greek he
3. Luke 7:11 Some manuscripts The next day
4. Luke 7:15 Greek he
5. Luke 7:22 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
6. Luke 7:24 Greek he
7. Luke 7:29 Greek they justified God
8. Luke 7:49 Or to

Cross references

1. Luke 7:1 : For ver. 1-10, see Matt. 8:5-13
2. Luke 7:3 : [Matt. 8:5]
3. Luke 7:4 : [Acts 10:22]
4. Luke 7:5 : ch. 4:31, 33
5. Luke 7:6 : ch. 8:49; Mark 5:35; [Matt. 9:36 (Gk.)]
6. Luke 7:7 : Ps. 107:20; [Matt. 8:16]
7. Luke 7:9 : [Mark 6:6]
8. Luke 7:9 : See Matt. 9:2
9. Luke 7:12 : [ch. 8:42; 9:38; Judg. 11:34; Heb. 11:17]
10. Luke 7:13 : Matt. 20:34
11. Luke 7:13 : ch. 8:52
12. Luke 7:14 : 2 Sam. 3:31
13. Luke 7:14 : ch. 8:54; Mark 5:41; [ver. 22; Matt. 11:5; John 11:43; Acts 9:40]
14. Luke 7:15 : [1 Kgs. 17:23; 2 Kgs. 4:36; Heb. 11:35]
15. Luke 7:16 : ch. 2:20; Matt. 9:8; 15:31; Acts 11:18; 21:20; [Matt. 5:16]; See ch. 13:13
16. Luke 7:16 : ver. 39; See Deut. 18:15; Matt. 21:11
17. Luke 7:16 : See ch. 1:68
18. Luke 7:18 : For ver. 18-35, see Matt. 11:2-19
19. Luke 7:18 : See Matt. 9:14
20. Luke 7:19 : John 4:25; 6:14; 11:27
21. Luke 7:19 : [ch. 3:15]
22. Luke 7:20 : [See ver. 19 above]; John 4:25; 6:14; 11:27
23. Luke 7:20 : [See ver. 19 above]; [ch. 3:15]
24. Luke 7:21 : Mark 1:34
25. Luke 7:21 : ch. 18:42; Matt. 9:30; 12:22; 15:31; 20:34; 21:14; Mark 8:25; John 9:7
26. Luke 7:22 : Isa. 29:18; 35:5, 6; Matt. 15:30
27. Luke 7:22 : ch. 17:14
28. Luke 7:22 : Mark 7:35
29. Luke 7:22 : See ver. 14
30. Luke 7:22 : ch. 4:18; [Matt. 5:3; James 2:5]
31. Luke 7:23 : Isa. 8:14, 15; John 6:61
32. Luke 7:24 : ch. 1:80; 3:2
33. Luke 7:24 : [Eph. 4:14; James 1:6]
34. Luke 7:26 : ch. 1:76; 20:6; Matt. 14:5
35. Luke 7:27 : Mark 1:2; Cited from Mal. 3:1; [ch. 1:17, 76]
36. Luke 7:29 : [ch. 20:6]
37. Luke 7:29 : ch. 3:12; Matt. 21:32
38. Luke 7:29 : ch. 3:12; Matt. 21:32
39. Luke 7:29 : Acts 18:25; 19:3
40. Luke 7:30 : [Matt. 21:25, 32; 23:13]
41. Luke 7:30 : ch. 10:25; 11:45, 46, 52; 14:3; Matt. 22:35
42. Luke 7:30 : See Mark 7:9
43. Luke 7:30 : Acts 2:23; 13:36
44. Luke 7:33 : Matt. 3:4; Mark 1:6
45. Luke 7:33 : ch. 1:15
46. Luke 7:34 : ver. 36; ch. 14:1; Matt. 9:10; John 2:1; 12:2
47. Luke 7:34 : ch. 15:2; 19:7; Matt. 9:11
48. Luke 7:35 : [ch. 11:49; Prov. 8:1-36]
49. Luke 7:36 : ch. 11:37; 14:1
50. Luke 7:37 : For ver. 37-39, [Matt. 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; John 12:1-8]
51. Luke 7:38 : ver. 44; John 11:2
52. Luke 7:39 : [ch. 15:2]
53. Luke 7:39 : ver. 16; John 4:19
54. Luke 7:39 : [ch. 22:64]
55. Luke 7:41 : See Matt. 18:28
56. Luke 7:42 : Matt. 18:25
57. Luke 7:42 : [Rom. 8:32 (Gk.)]
58. Luke 7:44 : 1 Tim. 5:10; See Gen. 18:4
59. Luke 7:44 : ver. 38
60. Luke 7:45 : 2 Sam. 15:5; 19:39; 20:9
61. Luke 7:45 : ver. 38
62. Luke 7:46 : Ps. 23:5; 141:5; Eccles. 9:8; Matt. 6:17
63. Luke 7:47 : [ver. 39]
64. Luke 7:48 : ch. 5:20; Matt. 9:2; Mark 2:5; James 5:15; 1 John 2:12; [John 20:23]
65. Luke 7:49 : ch. 5:21
66. Luke 7:50 : ver. 9; [ver. 47; 1 Tim. 1:14]; See Mark 10:52; Eph. 2:8
67. Luke 7:50 : ch. 8:48; 1 Sam. 1:17; Mark 5:34