"I will come and cure him," answered Jesus.
"Sir," he said, "my manservant is lying ill at my house with a stroke of paralysis, and is suffering terribly."
"Sir," the Captain went on, "I am unworthy to receive you under my roof; but only speak, and my manservant will be cured.
So Jesus went with them. But, when he was no great distance from the house, the Captain sent some friends with the message-- "Do not trouble yourself, Sir; for I am unworthy to receive you under my roof.