Luke 7:3

Contemporary English Version 1995

And when he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish leaders to ask him to come and heal the servant.

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When Jesus was going into the town of Capernaum, an army officer came up to him and said,

I beg you to help Onesimus! He is like a son to me because I led him to Christ here in jail.

And when the man heard that Jesus had come from Judea, he went and begged him to keep his son from dying.

Just then someone in the crowd shouted, “Teacher, please do something for my son! He is my only child!

Just then the man in charge of the synagogue came and knelt down in front of Jesus. His name was Jairus, and he begged Jesus to come to his home

In this town an army officer's servant was sick and about to die. The officer liked his servant very much.

The leaders went to Jesus and begged him to do something. They said, “This man deserves your help!