7:1And when he had completed all his words in the ears of the people, he went into Capernaum. 7:2And the slave of a certain centurion, being ill, was about to die: who was precious to him. 7:3And when he had heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his slave. 7:4And they, when they had come to Jesus, were asking him earnestly, saying to him: "He is worthy that you should grant this to him: for he loves our nation, and he himself built the synagogue for us." 7:6And Jesus was going with them. 7:6And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying: "Lord, do not be troubled: for I am not worthy that you should come in under my roof: on account of which I did not even think myself worthy to come to you: but say it with a word, and my boy will be healed.
7:8For I too am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me: and 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." 7:9And this having been heard, Jesus wondered: and turning to the crowds following him, he said: "Amen I say to you, not even in Israel have I found so great a faith." 7:10And those who had been sent, having returned to the house, found the slave, who had been sick, healthy. 7:11And it was done: afterwards he was going into a city which is called Nain: and his disciples were going with him, and an abundant crowd.
7:12And when he was drawing near to the gate of the city, look, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother: and she was a widow: and a large crowd of the city was with her. 7:13And when the Lord had seen her, moved with mercy over her, he said to her: "Do not weep." 7:14And he went up, and touched the bier. 7:14(And those who were carrying it stood still.) And he said: "Young man, to you I say, get up." 7:15And he who was dead sat up, and began to speak. 7:15And he gave him to his mother. 7:16And fear seized all: and they were magnifying God, saying: "A great prophet has risen up among us: and God has visited his people."
7:17And this word about him went out into all Judea, and into all the region around. 7:18And his disciples reported to John about all these things. 7:19And John called together two of his disciples, and sent them to Jesus, saying: "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?" 7:20And when the men had come to him, they said: "John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying: 'Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?'" 7:21(And in that very hour he cured many of illnesses, and plagues, and evil spirits, and to many blind people he granted sight.) And answering, he said to them: "Going, report back to John the things which you have heard and seen: that the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are made clean, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the good news brought to them: and blessed is whoever has not been made to stumble in me."
7:24And when the messengers of John had departed, he began to say to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the desert to see? 7:24A reed shaken by the wind? 7:25But what did you go out to see? 7:25A man clothed in soft garments? 7:25Look, those who are in precious clothing and luxuries are in the houses of kings. 7:26But what did you go out to see? 7:26A prophet? 7:26Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet: this is he about whom it is written: 'Look, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.' 7:28For I say to you: among those born of women no one is a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he who is lesser in the kingdom of God is greater than he."
7:29And all the people hearing, and the tax collectors, justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John. 7:30But the Pharisees and the lawyers spurned the counsel of God against themselves, not having been baptized by him. 7:31And the Lord said: "To what then shall I say the people of this generation are like? 7:31And to what are they like? 7:32They are like boys sitting in the market place, and speaking to one another, and saying: 'We have played the pipes for you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not wept.' 7:33For John the Baptist has come, neither eating bread, nor drinking wine, and you say: 'He has a demon.' 7:34The Son of Man has come eating, and drinking, and you say: 'Look, a man who is a glutton, and drinking wine, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.' 7:35And wisdom has been justified by all her sons."
7:36And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him to eat with him. 7:36And having gone into the house of the Pharisee, he reclined at table. 7:37And look, a woman who was a sinner in the city, when she learned that he had reclined at table in the house of the Pharisee, brought an alabaster jar of ointment: and standing behind beside his feet, she began to wet his feet with tears, and she was wiping them with the hairs of her head, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing them with ointment. 7:39But the Pharisee who had invited him, seeing this, said within himself, saying: "This man, if he were a prophet, would surely know who and of what kind is the woman who is touching him: that she is a sinner."
7:40And answering, Jesus said to him: "Simon, I have something to say to you." 7:40And he said: "Teacher, say it." 7:41"There were two debtors to a certain moneylender: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 7:42Since they did not have the means to pay back, he forgave both. 7:42Which of them therefore loves him more?" 7:43Answering, Simon said: "I suppose the one to whom he forgave more." 7:43And he said to him: "You have judged rightly." 7:44And turning towards the woman, he said to Simon: "Do you see this woman? 7:44I came into your house, you did not give water for my feet: but she has wet my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hair.
7:45You did not give me a kiss: but she, from the time she came in, has not stopped kissing my feet. 7:46You did not anoint my head with oil: but she has anointed my feet with ointment. 7:47On account of which I say to you: her many sins are forgiven her, since she has loved much. 7:47But he to whom less is forgiven loves less." 7:48And he said to her: "Your sins are forgiven you." 7:49And those who were reclining at table together began to say within themselves: "Who is this who even forgives sins?" 7:50And he said to the woman: "Your faith has made you safe: go in peace."