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The Centurion

Then drew near to Jesus the priests, and said, "Master, is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar?" Jesus turned round to Judas, and said, "Do you have any money?" Then taking a penny in his hand, Jesus turned himself to the priests, and said to them, "This penny has an image; tell me, whose image is it?" They answered, "Caesar's." "Give therefore," said Jesus, "What is for Caesar's to Caesar, and what is for God to God." Then they departed in confusion.

Behold there a centurion drew near and said, "Lord, my son is sick; have mercy on my old age!" Jesus answered, "The Lord God of Israel, have mercy on you!" The man was departing, Jesus said, "Wait for me, for I will come to your house, to make prayer over your son." The centurion answered, "Lord, I am not worthy that you, a prophet of God, should come to my house. Sufficient to me is the word that you have spoken for the healing of my son, for your God has made you lord over every sickness, even as his angel said to me in my sleep."

Then Jesus marvelled greatly, and turning to the crowd, he said, "Behold this stranger, for he has more faith than all that I have found in Israel." Then turning to the centurion, he said, "Go in peace, because God, for the great faith that he has given you, has granted health to your son." The centurion went his way, and on the road, he met his servants who announced him how his son was healed."