⁷ “I’ll come and make him better,” said Jesus.

⁸ “Master,” replied the centurion, “I don’t deserve to have you come under my roof! Just say the word, and my servant will be healed. ⁹ I know what authority’s all about, you see—I’ve got soldiers answering to me, and I can say to one of them, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another one, ‘Come here!’ and he comes, and I can say, ‘Do this,’ to my slave, and he does it!”