When Jesus went to Capernaum, a Roman army officer came to beg him for help. The officer said, “Sir, my servant is lying at home paralyzed and in terrible pain.”
Jesus said to him, “I’ll come to heal him.”
The officer responded, “Sir, I don’t deserve to have you come into my house. But just give a command, and my servant will be healed.
Jesus was amazed when he heard this. He said to those who were following him, “I can guarantee this truth: I haven’t found faith as great as this in anyone in Israel.
Jesus told the officer, “Go! What you believed will be done for you.” And at that moment the servant was healed.
Jesus said to him, “I’ll come to heal him.”
The officer responded, “Sir, I don’t deserve to have you come into my house. But just give a command, and my servant will be healed.
Jesus was amazed when he heard this. He said to those who were following him, “I can guarantee this truth: I haven’t found faith as great as this in anyone in Israel.
Jesus told the officer, “Go! What you believed will be done for you.” And at that moment the servant was healed.
Near Sheep Gate in Jerusalem was a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew. It had five porches. Under these porches a large number of sick people—people who were blind, lame, or paralyzed—used to lie. One man, who had been sick for 38 years, was lying there. Jesus saw the man and knew that he had been sick for a long time.
So Jesus asked the man, “Would you like to get well?” The sick man answered Jesus, “Sir, I don’t have anyone to put me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I’m trying to get there, someone else steps into the pool ahead of me.”
Jesus told the man, “Get up, pick up your cot, and walk.” The man immediately became well, picked up his cot, and walked.
Jesus told the man, “Get up, pick up your cot, and walk.” The man immediately became well, picked up his cot, and walked.