Bible Verses

 “He deserves this from you, for he loves our people and even built a synagogue for us.”

The elders came to Jesus and begged him earnestly, saying:

So when he heard about Jesus, he sent some elders of the Jews to ask him to come and heal his servant.

A Roman military officer lived there, and his servant was very sick and near death, a man very dear to him.

When Jesus finished teaching the people, he went to Capernaum.

Heals a Centurion’s Servant

But the one who listens and does not act is like a man who built his house on the ground without a foundation. The flood burst against it and the house fell at once, and what a terrible disaster that was!”

That person is like a builder who digs deep and lays the foundation of his house on the rock. When the river overflows and the stream crashes against the house, it cannot be carried off because the house is well built.

I will show you what the one is like who comes to me, listens to my words, and acts on them.

 Why do you call me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ and not do what I say?