Cross References

Luke 7:3

New English Translation

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave.

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When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him asking for help:

A centurion there had a slave who was highly regarded, but who was sick and at the point of death.

When they came to Jesus, they urged him earnestly, “He is worthy to have you do this for him,

Then a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue, came up. Falling at Jesus’ feet, he pleaded with him to come to his house,

Then a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son – he is my only child!

When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.

I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,