Cross References

Luke 7:4

New Living Translation

So they earnestly begged Jesus to help the man. “If anyone deserves your help, he does,” they said,

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“Whenever you enter a city or village, search for a worthy person and stay in his home until you leave town.

If it turns out to be a worthy home, let your blessing stand; if it is not, take back the blessing.

But in the age to come, those worthy of being raised from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.

When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some respected Jewish elders to ask him to come and heal his slave.

“for he loves the Jewish people and even built a synagogue for us.”

He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was everyone in his household. He gave generously to the poor and prayed regularly to God.

“Yet there are some in the church in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes with evil. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.