5 After His entry into Capernaum a Captain came to Him, and entreated Him.
6 »Sir,« he said, »my servant at home is lying ill with paralysis, and is suffering great pain.«
7 »I will come and cure him,« said Jesus.
8 »Sir,« replied the Captain, »I am not a fit person to receive you under my roof: merely say the word, and my servant will be cured.
9 For I myself am also under authority, and have soldiers under me. To one I say Go,' and he goes, to another Come,' and he comes, and to my slave Do this or that,' and he does it.«
10 Jesus listened to this reply, and was astonished, and said to the people following Him, »I solemnly tell you that in no Israelite have I found faith as great as this.
11 And I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west and will recline at table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of the Heavens,
12 while the natural heirs of the Kingdom will be driven out into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.«
13 And Jesus said to the Captain, »Go, and just as you have believed, so be it for you.« And the servant recovered precisely at that time.