Luke 7:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when these things were said to Jesus, he was surprised, and, turning to the mass of people coming after him, said, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

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  • Matt 8:10 : 10 And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.
  • Matt 15:28 : 28 Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.
  • Rom 3:1-3 : 1 How then is the Jew better off? or what profit is there in circumcision? 2 Much in every way: first of all because the words of God were given to them. 3 And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?
  • Rom 9:4-5 : 4 Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God: 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.
  • Matt 9:33 : 33 And when the evil spirit had been sent out, the man had the power of talking: and they were all surprised, saying, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.
  • Ps 147:19-20 : 19 He makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his laws and his decisions. 20 He has not done these things for any other nation: and as for his laws, they have no knowledge of them. Let the Lord be praised.

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  • Matt 8:5-10
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    5 And when Jesus was come into Capernaum, a certain captain came to him with a request,

    6 Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.

    7 And he said to him, I will come and make him well.

    8 And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.

    9 Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

    10 And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

  • Luke 7:6-8
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    6 And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the man sent friends to him, saying, Lord, do not give yourself trouble: for I am not important enough for you to come into my house:

    7 And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.

    8 For I, myself, am a man under authority, having men under me; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

  • 10 And when those who were sent came back to the house they saw that the servant was well.

  • 8 But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.

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    18 Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only this one from a strange land?

    19 And he said to him, Get up, and go on your way; your faith has made you well.

  • 13 And Jesus said to the captain, Go in peace; as your faith is, so let it be done to you. And the servant was made well in that hour.

  • Luke 7:1-3
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    1 After he had come to the end of all his words in the hearing of the people, he went into Capernaum.

    2 And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.

    3 And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him rulers of the Jews, requesting that he would come and make his servant well.

  • 6 And he was greatly surprised because they had no faith. And he went about the country places teaching.

  • Mark 5:19-20
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    19 And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.

    20 And he went on his way, and made public in the country of Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him: and all men were full of wonder.

  • 31 So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to the God of Israel.

  • 27 And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

  • 42 And Jesus said, See again: your faith has made you well.

  • 22 And Jesus, answering, said to them, Have God's faith.

  • 37 And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.

  • 43 And they were full of wonder at the great power of God. But while they were all wondering at all the things which he did, he said to his disciples,

  • 52 And Jesus said to him, Go on your way; your faith has made you well. And straight away he was able to see, and went after him in the way.

  • 22 But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.

  • 20 And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins.

  • 25 And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and wonder overcame them, and they said to one another, Who then is this, who gives orders even to the winds and the water and they do what he says?

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    37 But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him:

    38 So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?

  • 31 And numbers of the people had belief in him, and they said, When the Christ comes will he do more signs than this man has done?

  • 26 And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.

  • 36 He said in answer, And who is he, Lord? Say, so that I may have faith in him.

  • 48 Then Jesus said to him, You will not have faith if you do not see signs and wonders.

  • 39 Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.

  • 50 And he said to the woman, By your faith you have salvation; go in peace.

  • 33 And when the evil spirit had been sent out, the man had the power of talking: and they were all surprised, saying, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.

  • 7 But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

  • 36 But Jesus, giving no attention to their words, said to the ruler of the Synagogue, Have no fear, only have faith.

  • 28 And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching,

  • 58 And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.

  • 40 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith?

  • 9 This man was giving ear to the preaching of Paul, who, looking at him, and seeing that he had faith to be made well,

  • 47 And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away.

  • 21 This was the answer of Jesus: I have done one work and you are all surprised at it.

  • 23 And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country.

  • 23 And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.

  • 21 At that time, he made a number of people free from their diseases and their pains, and from evil spirits; and to others who were blind he gave back the use of their eyes.