Matthew 8
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Matthew 8:5-10

5When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him asking for help:

6“Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish.”

7Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”

8But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. Instead, just say the word and my servant will be healed.

9For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, ‘Go’ and he goes, and to another ‘Come’ and he comes, and to my slave ‘Do this’ and he does it.”

10When Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, “I tell you the truth, I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel!

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