Lukas 7

Offiseren i Kapernaum

(Matt 8,5–13; Joh 4,46–53)

1 Da Jesus hadde holdt hele denne talen til folket, gikk han inn i Kapernaum. 2 En offiser der i byen hadde en tjener som var så syk at det stod om livet. Han satte stor pris på denne tjeneren. 3 Da han fikk høre om Jesus, sendte han noen jøder som var medlemmer av byrådet, til ham for å be ham komme og redde tjenerens liv. 4 De kom til Jesus og bad ham inntrengende om det. «Han er vel verd at du gjør dette for ham,» sa de, 5 «for han er en venn av vårt folk, og det er han som har bygd synagogen for oss.»

6 Jesus gikk da med dem.
Men da han nærmet seg huset, sendte offiseren noen av sine venner til ham med bud: «Herre, gjør deg ikke mer bry! Jeg er ikke verdig til at du kommer inn i mitt hus 7 – derfor våget jeg heller ikke selv å komme til deg. Men si bare et ord, så vil gutten bli frisk. 8 For jeg står selv under kommando, men har også soldater under meg. Sier jeg til en av dem: Gå! så går han, og til en annen: Kom! så kommer han, og til min tjener: Gjør dette! så gjør han det.» 9 Jesus undret seg da han hørte dette, og han vendte seg til mengden som fulgte ham og sa: «Det sier jeg dere: Ikke engang i Israel har jeg funnet en slik tro.»

10 Og da utsendingene kom tilbake til huset, fant de tjeneren frisk.

Jesus oppvekker enkens sønn i Nain

17 Og ryktet om dette kom ut i hele Jødeland og områdene omkring.

Jesu svar til døperen Johannes

(Matt 11,2–6)

23 og salig er den som ikke tar anstøt av meg.»

Jesus vitner om Johannes

(Matt 11,7–19)

27 Det er om ham dette er skrevet:t
Se, jeg sender min budbærer ¬foran deg,
han skal rydde veien ¬for deg.
28 Jeg sier dere: Blant dem som er født av kvinner, er ingen større enn Johannes. Men selv den minste i Guds rike er større enn han. t 29 Hele folket hørte på Johannes, også tollerne, og de gav Gud rett og lot seg døpe av Johannes. t

30 Men fariseerne og de lovkyndige lot seg ikke døpe av ham og viste Guds plan fra seg.
31 Menneskene i denne slekt, hva skal jeg sammenligne dem med? Hvem ligner de?

32 De ligner barn som sitter på torget og roper til hverandre:
Vi spilte på fløyte for dere,
men dere ville ikke danse.
Vi sang sørgesanger,
men dere ville ikke gråte.
33 For døperen Johannes er kommet; han spiser ikke brød og drikker ikke vin, og dere sier: Han er besatt. 34 Menneskesønnen er kommet; han både spiser og drikker, og dere sier: Se, for en storeter og vindrikker, venn med tollere og syndere! t

35 Men Visdommen har fått rett, det bekrefter alle dens disipler.»

Kvinnen som fikk sine synder tilgitt

39 Da fariseeren som hadde innbudt ham, så det, tenkte han med seg selv: «Var denne mannen en profet, ville han vite hva slags kvinne det er som rører ved ham, at hun fører et syndefullt liv.»
40 Da tok Jesus til orde. «Simon,» sa han til fariseeren, «jeg har noe å si deg.» «Si det, mester,» svarte han. 41 Jesus sa: «To menn hadde gjeld hos en pengeutlåner. Den ene skyldte fem hundre denarer, den andre femti. 42 Men da de ikke hadde noe å betale med, ettergav han dem begge gjelden. Hvem av dem vil da holde mest av ham?» 43 Simon svarte: «Den han ettergav mest, tenker jeg.» «Du har rett,» sa Jesus. 44 Så vendte han seg mot kvinnen og sa til Simon: «Ser du denne kvinnen? Da jeg kom inn i ditt hus, gav du meg ikke vann til føttene, men hun vætte dem med sine tårer og tørket dem med sitt hår. t 45 Du gav meg ikke noe velkomstkyss, men helt fra jeg kom, har hun ikke holdt opp med å kysse mine føtter. t 46 Du salvet ikke mitt hode med olje, men hun salvet mine føtter med den fineste salve. 47 Derfor sier jeg deg: Hun har fått sine mange synder tilgitt, derfor viser hun så stor kjærlighet. Men den som får lite tilgitt, elsker lite.» t 48 Så sa han til kvinnen: «Dine synder er tilgitt.» t 49 Da begynte de andre gjestene å spørre seg selv: «Hva er dette for en, som til og med tilgir synder?» 50 Men Jesus sa til kvinnen: «Din tro har frelst deg. Gå bort med fred!»t

Luke 7

Healing the Centurion’s Slave

1 After Jesust had finished teaching all this to the people,t he entered Capernaum.ss2 A centurions theret had a slavet who was highly regarded,t but who was sick and at the point of death.3 When the centuriont heardt about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elderss to him, asking him to comet and heal his slave.4 Whent they camet to Jesus, they urgedt him earnestly,t “He is worthyt to have you do this for him,5 because he loves our nation,t and event built our synagogue.”s6 Sot Jesus went with them. Whent he was not far from the house, the centurions sent friends to say to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself,t for I am not worthys to have you come under my roof.7 That is whyt I did not presumet to come to you. Instead, say the word, and my servant must be healed.st8 For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me.t I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes,s and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”t9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazedt at him. He turned and said to the crowd that followed him, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith!”s

10 Sot when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slaves well.

Raising a Widow’s Son

11 Soont afterwards Jesust went to a townt called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.12 As he approached the town gate, a mant who had died was being carried out,t the only son of his mother (whot was a widows), and a large crowd from the townt was with her.13 Whent the Lord saw her, he had compassions for her and said to her, “Do not weep.”t14 Thent he came upt and toucheds the bier,s and those who carried it stood still. Het said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!”15 Sot the dead mant sat up and began to speak, and Jesust gave him backt to his mother.16 Feart seized them all, and they began to glorifyt God, saying, “A great prophets has appearedt among us!” and “God has come to helpt his people!”

17 Thist reports about Jesust circulatedt throughoutt Judea and all the surrounding country.

Jesus and John the Baptist

18 John’st disciples informed him about all these things. Sot John calledt two of his disciples19 and sent them to Jesuss to ask,t “Are you the one who is to come,s or should we look for another?”20 Whent the men came to Jesus,t they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask,t ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?’”t21 At that very timet Jesust cured many people of diseases, sicknesses,t and evil spirits, and grantedt sight to many who were blind.22 Sot he answered them,t “Go tells John what you have seen and heard:s The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, thet deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

23 Blessed is anyonet who takes no offense at me.”
24 Whent John’s messengers had gone, Jesust began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wildernesst to see? A reed shaken by the wind?t25 Whatt did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancyt clothes?s Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxuryt are in kings’ courts!t26 What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and moret than a prophet.27 This is the one about whom it is written, ‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,twho will prepare your way before you.’s28 I tell you, among those born of women no one is greaters than John.s Yet the one who is leasts in the kingdom of Gods is greater than he is.”29 (Nowt all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors,s acknowledgedt God’s justice, because they had been baptizedt with John’s baptism.

30 However, the Phariseess and the experts in religious lawt rejected God’s purposet for themselves, because they had not been baptizedt by John.t)s
31 “To what then should I compare the peoplet of this generation, and what are they like?

32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another,t
‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance;s
we wailed in mourning,t yet you did not weep.’
33 For John the Baptist has comet eating no bread and drinking no wine,t and you say, ‘He has a demon!’s34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him,t a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’s

35 But wisdom is vindicatedt by all her children.”t

Jesus’ Anointing

36 Now one of the Phariseess asked Jesust to have dinner with him, sot he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.t37 Thent when a woman of that town, who was a sinner, learned that Jesust was diningt at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jars of perfumed oil.ts38 Ast she stoodt behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Shet wiped them with her hair,t kissedt them,t and anointeds them with the perfumed oil.39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this,t he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet,t he would know who and what kind of womans this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”40 Sot Jesus answered him,ts “Simon, I have something to say to you.” He replied,t “Say it, Teacher.”41 “A certain creditors had two debtors; one owed himt five hundred silver coins,ts and the other fifty.42 When they could not pay, he canceledt the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”43 Simon answered,t “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled.”t Jesust said to him, “You have judged rightly.”44 Then,t turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house. You gave me no water for my feet,s but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.45 You gave me no kiss of greeting,t but from the time I entered she has not stopped kissing my feet.46 You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feets with perfumed oil.47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much;ts but the one who is forgiven little loves little.”48 Thent Jesust said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”s49 Butt those who were at the tablet with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?”

50 Het said to the woman, “Your faiths has saved you;s go in peace.”