5. because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.”
6. So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof.
7. That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.
8. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
9. When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.”
10. Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.
11. Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him.
12. As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.