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The Gospel According to St. Luke

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(Matthew 8:5–13; John 4:43–54)
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After Jesus finished speaking to the people, he went to the town of Capernaum.
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In that town there was a centurion in the Roman army who had a slave that was dear to him. This slave was so sick that he was about to die.
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When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Jesus to ask him to come and heal his slave.
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When they came to Jesus, they earnestly asked him to help the centurion’s slave. They said, “He deserves that you do this for him,
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because he loves our people and he built our synagogue for us.”
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So Jesus went with them to the officer’s house. When he was almost there, the officer sent some friends to give this message to Jesus: “Lord, do not trouble yourself any further, since I am not worthy that you should come into my house.
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That is why I do not think that I am worthy to come to you myself. But you can heal my slave if you say just one word.
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I know that you can do this because I am a man who must obey the orders of my superiors, and I also have soldiers who must obey my orders. When I say to one of them, ‘Go!’, he goes, and when I say to another, ‘Come!’, he comes. When I say to my slave, ‘Do this!’, he does it.”
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When Jesus heard what the officer had said, he was amazed at him. Then he turned to the crowd that was with him and said, “I tell you, I have not found any Israelite who trusts me as much as this Gentile does!”
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When those people who had come from the centurion returned to his house, they found out that the slave was in good health again.

Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son

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Soon after that, Jesus traveled to the town of Nain. His disciples and a large crowd went with him.
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As Jesus came near to the town gate, he saw a large crowd coming out of the town, carrying a man who had just died. Now his mother was a widow, and he was her only son. She was with the crowd, and they were going to bury her son.
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When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, “Do not cry!”
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Then he came close to them and touched the stretcher on which the body was lying. The men carrying it stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!”
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The man sat up and began to talk! Then Jesus led him back to his mother.
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Everyone there was overcome with awe. They praised God and said to each other, “A great prophet has come among us!” and “God has come to care for his people!”
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Then this news about what Jesus had done spread throughout the region of Judea and all the other nearby areas.

John’s Inquiry

(Matthew 11:1–6)
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The disciples of John the Baptizer told him about all these things.
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So John called for two of his disciples and told them to go to the Lord and ask him: “Are you the one whom God promised would come, or should we be expecting someone else?”
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When those two men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptizer sent us to ask you, ‘Are you the one whom God promised would come, or should we expect someone else?’”
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At that same time Jesus was healing many people from sicknesses and serious diseases, and from evil spirits. He also healed many blind people so that they were able to see.
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So he answered those two men, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: People who were blind are now seeing. People who were lame are now walking. People who had skin diseases are being healed. People who were deaf can now hear. People who were dead are being made to live again and good news is being proclaimed to the poor.
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And also tell him, “God will bless anyone who sees what I do and hears what I teach and does not turn away from me.”

Jesus Testifies about John

(Malachi 3:1–5; Matthew 11:7–19)
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When the men whom John had sent left, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said, “What did you go into the wilderness to see? A thin stalk of a plant shaken by the wind?
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But what did you go out to see? A man in fancy clothing? Look, those who wear splendid clothes and who have the best of everything live in kings’ palaces.
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Then what did you go out there to see? A prophet? Yes! But I tell you that John is more important than an ordinary prophet.
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He is the one about whom the prophets wrote long ago: ‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you. He will prepare people for your coming.’
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I tell you that of all the people who ever lived, there is no one greater than John. Yet the most insignificant people who will live with God where he dwells will be greater than John.”
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When all the people who had been baptized by John heard what Jesus said, including the tax collectors, they agreed that God was just.
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But the Pharisees and the experts in the Jewish laws had not been baptized by John and they rejected God’s will for them.
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Then Jesus also said, “What are you people living in this time period like? I will tell you:
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You are like children playing games in an open area. They call out to each other, saying, “We played happy music for you on the flute, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry!”
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Similarly, when John came to you and did not eat ordinary food or drink wine, you rejected him and said, ‘A demon is controlling him!’
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But when the Son of Man came to you and he ate ordinary food and drank wine as others do, then you rejected him and said, ‘Look! This man eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and other sinners!’
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But God’s wisdom is proved right by those who follow it.

A Sinful Woman Anoints Jesus

(Matthew 26:6–13; Mark 14:3–9; John 12:1–8)
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One day a certain Pharisee named Simon invited Jesus to eat a meal with him. So Jesus went to the man’s house and reclined at a table to eat.
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There was also a woman in that city whom many people knew had been a prostitute. When she heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house, she went there, taking a stone jar that contained perfume.
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As Jesus was reclining to eat, the woman stood behind him at his feet. She was crying, and her tears fell on Jesus’ feet. She continually wiped his feet with her hair, and kept kissing them and anointing them with the perfume.
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When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw what the woman was doing, he thought, “If this man were really a prophet, he would have known who this woman is who is touching him, and what kind of person she is, that she is a sinner.”
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In response, Jesus said to him, “Simon, there is something I want to tell you.” He replied, “Teacher, what is it?”
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Jesus told him this story: “Two people owed money to a man who had a business lending money to people. One of these people owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other one owed him fifty silver coins.
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Neither of them was able to pay back what he owed, so the man very kindly said that they did not have to pay back anything. So, which of those two men will love that man more?”
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Simon replied, “I assume that the one who had owed him the most money will love him more.” Jesus said to him, “You are correct.”
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Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Think about what this woman has done! When I entered your house, you did not do what hosts usually do to welcome their guests. You did not give me any water to wash my feet, but this woman has washed my feet with her tears and then wiped them with her hair!
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You did not greet me with a kiss, but from the moment I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet!
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You did not anoint my head with olive oil, but she has anointed my feet with fragrant perfume.
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So I tell you that she has been forgiven for her many sins and that is why she loves me very much. But a person who thinks he has only a few sins, and has been forgiven, will love me only a little bit.”
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Then he said to the woman, “You have been forgiven for your sins.”
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Then those who were eating with him said among themselves, “Who is this man who says that he can forgive sins?”
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But Jesus said to the woman, “Because you have believed in me, God has saved you. May God give you peace as you go!”
(Matthew 8:5–13; John 4:43–54)
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After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
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A certain centurions servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
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When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant.
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When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy for you to do this for him,
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for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us.”
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Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.
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Therefore I didn’t even think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my servant will be healed.
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For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
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When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel.”
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Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick was well.

Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son

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Soon afterwards, he went to a city called Nain. Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, went with him.
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Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only born(a) son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.
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When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Don’t cry.”
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He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I tell you, arise!”
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He who was dead sat up and began to speak. Then he gave him to his mother.
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Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”
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This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea and in all the surrounding region.

John’s Inquiry

(Matthew 11:1–6)
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The disciples of John told him about all these things.
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John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, “Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?”
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When the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?’”
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In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.
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Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
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Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”

Jesus Testifies about John

(Malachi 3:1–5; Matthew 11:7–19)
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When John’s messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
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But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed and live delicately are in kings’ courts.
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But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
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This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’ (b)
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“For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in God’s Kingdom is greater than he.”
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When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism.
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But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
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(c) “To what then should I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?
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They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, saying, ‘We piped to you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned, and you didn’t weep.’
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For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
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The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
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Wisdom is justified by all her children.”

A Sinful Woman Anoints Jesus

(Matthew 26:6–13; Mark 14:3–9; John 12:1–8)
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One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee’s house and sat at the table.
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Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment.
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Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
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Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”
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Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” He said, “Teacher, say on.”
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“A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
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When they couldn’t pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?”
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Simon answered, “He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most.” He said to him, “You have judged correctly.”
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Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.
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You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
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You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
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Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”
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He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
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Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
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He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

Fußnoten

(a)7:12 The phrase “only born” is from the Greek word “μονογενη”, which is sometimes translated “only begotten” or “one and only”.
(b)7:27 ℘ Malachi 3:1
(c)7:31 TR adds “But the Lord said,”