1. When Jesus came down from the hill, great crowds followed him.
2. Then a man sick with a harmful skin disease came to Jesus. The man bowed down before him and said, “Lord, you have the power to heal me if you want.”
3. Jesus touched the man and said, “I want to heal you. Be healed!” And immediately the man was healed from his skin disease.
4. Then Jesus said to him, “Don’t tell anyone about what happened. But go and show yourself to the priest. And offer the gift that Moses commanded for people who are made well. This will show people that you are healed.”
5. Jesus went to the city of Capernaum. When he entered the city, an army officer came to Jesus and begged for help.
6. The officer said, “Lord, my servant is at home in bed. He can’t move his body and is in much pain.”
7. Jesus said to the officer, “I will go and heal him.”
8. The officer answered, “Lord, I am not good enough for you to come into my house. All you need to do is command that my servant be healed, and he will be healed.
9. I myself am a man under the authority of other men. And I have soldiers under my command. I tell one soldier, ‘Go,’ and he goes. I tell another soldier, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and my servant obeys me.