Matthew 8:5-13

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!

11I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

12but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

13Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; just as you believed, it will be done for you.” And the servant was healed at that hour.