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    Luke 7

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    At Nain, a dead man sits up and speaks, and Jesus gives him back to his mother.

    A word, and a funeral stopsvv. 1–17

    In Capernaum, a centurion sends Jewish elders to ask for help: his highly valued servant is dying. The centurion then sends friends to say that he is unworthy to receive Jesus under his roof, but understands authority well enough to trust a word from a distance. Jesus marvels at this, and the servant is found well. Soon afterwards, at Nain, another procession appears: a widow’s only son is being carried out. Jesus touches the coffin, the bearers stand still, and the young man sits up and speaks. Then, with a startlingly ordinary turn, Jesus gives him back to his mother. The crowd calls it a great prophet and says that God has visited His people.

    John asks, and Jesus answers sidewaysvv. 18–35

    John’s disciples bring a plain question: is Jesus the one who was to come, or should another be expected? Jesus does not supply a tidy yes or no. At that very hour, the blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and good news is preached to the poor; that is what John’s messengers are told to report. After they leave, Jesus speaks of John as no reed swaying in the wind and no palace ornament, but a prophet, and more than a prophet. The generation, meanwhile, resembles children in a marketplace who complain that neither flute nor dirge has produced the proper dance or tears. John is too austere, Jesus too sociable, and both are accused.

    The welcome at Simon’s tablevv. 36–50

    Simon the Pharisee invites Jesus to dinner, and a sinful woman from the town arrives with an alabaster jar of perfume. She stands behind Jesus at His feet, weeping, wiping His feet with her hair, kissing them, and anointing them. Simon silently objects that a prophet ought to know what sort of woman is touching him. Jesus replies with two debtors: one owes five hundred denarii, the other fifty; both are forgiven, and Simon correctly identifies the one who will love more. Then Jesus inventories the woman’s extravagant welcome against Simon’s absent water, kiss, and oil. She receives forgiveness; the table, naturally, begins wondering who can forgive sins.

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    1. Luke 7:1When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.

    2. Luke 7:2There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die.

    3. Luke 7:3When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.

    4. Luke 7:4They came to Jesus and pleaded with Him earnestly, “This man is worthy to have You grant this,

    5. Luke 7:5for he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.”

    6. Luke 7:6So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

    7. Luke 7:7That is why I did not consider myself worthy to come to You. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

    8. Luke 7:8For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”

    9. Luke 7:9When Jesus heard this, He marveled at the centurion. Turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”

    10. Luke 7:10And when the messengers returned to the house, they found the servant in good health.

    11. Luke 7:11Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples went with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.

    12. Luke 7:12As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

    13. Luke 7:13When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Do not weep.”

    14. Luke 7:14Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”

    15. Luke 7:15And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.

    16. Luke 7:16A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”

    17. Luke 7:17And the news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and all the surrounding region.

    18. Luke 7:18Then John’s disciples informed him about all these things.

    19. Luke 7:19So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”

    20. Luke 7:20When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?’”

    21. Luke 7:21At that very hour Jesus healed many people of their diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and He gave sight to many who were blind.

    22. Luke 7:22So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

    23. Luke 7:23Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”

    24. Luke 7:24After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

    25. Luke 7:25Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are found in palaces.

    26. Luke 7:26What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

    27. Luke 7:27This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’

    28. Luke 7:28I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

    29. Luke 7:29All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.

    30. Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.

    31. Luke 7:31“To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

    32. Luke 7:32They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’

    33. Luke 7:33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

    34. Luke 7:34The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

    35. Luke 7:35But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

    36. Luke 7:36Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

    37. Luke 7:37When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.

    38. Luke 7:38As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.

    39. Luke 7:39When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she is a sinner!”

    40. Luke 7:40But Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, Teacher,” he said.

    41. Luke 7:41“Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

    42. Luke 7:42When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”

    43. Luke 7:43“I suppose the one who was forgiven more,” Simon replied. “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.

    44. Luke 7:44And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give Me water for My feet, but she wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

    45. Luke 7:45You did not greet Me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing My feet since I arrived.

    46. Luke 7:46You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.

    47. Luke 7:47Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, for she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”

    48. Luke 7:48Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

    49. Luke 7:49But those at the table began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

    50. Luke 7:50And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

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    • 50Mark 5:34“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free of your affliction.”
    • 50Luke 8:48“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
    • 50Luke 18:42“Receive your sight!” Jesus replied. “Your faith has healed you.”
    • 50Matthew 9:22Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that very hour.
    • 50Mark 10:52“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.
    • 50Ephesians 2:8–10For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
    • 50Romans 5:1–2Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
    • 22Isaiah 35:5–6Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
    • 50James 2:14–26What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
    • 50Habakkuk 2:4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
    • 471 John 4:19We love because He first loved us.
    • 50Luke 8:42because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him,
    • 22Isaiah 61:1–3The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
    • 471 John 3:18Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
    • 47Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
    • 47Romans 5:20The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

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