Luke 7 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 After Jesus had finished everything he was saying in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.
1 Y COMO acabó todas sus palabras oyéndole el pueblo, entró en Capernaum.
2 Now a centurion had a slave who was highly regarded by him, and he was sick and about to die.
2 Y el siervo de un centurión, al cual tenía él en estima, estaba enfermo y á punto de morir.
3 When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant.
3 Y como oyó [hablar] de Jesús, envió á él los ancianos de los Judíos, rogándole que viniese y librase á su siervo.
4 When they had come to Jesus, they asked him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy to have you do this for him,
4 Y viniendo ellos á Jesús, rogáronle con diligencia, diciéndole: Porque es digno de concederle esto;
5 because he loves our nation, and he is the one who built the synagogue for us.”
5 Que ama nuestra nación, y él nos edificó una sinagoga.
6 So Jesus continued on his way with them. But when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, because I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.
6 Y Jesús fué con ellos. Mas como ya no estuviesen lejos de su casa, envió el centurión amigos á él, diciéndole: Señor, no te incomodes, que no soy digno que entres debajo de mi tejado;
7 For this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you, but just say a word and my servant will be healed.
7 Por lo cual ni aun me tuve por digno de venir á ti; mas di la palabra, y mi siervo será sano.
8 For I also am a man who is under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another one, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it.”
8 Porque también yo soy hombre puesto en potestad, que tengo debajo de mí soldados; y digo á éste: Ve, y va; y al otro: Ven, y viene; y á mi siervo: Haz esto, y lo hace.
9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him said, “I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.”
9 Lo cual oyendo Jesús, se maravilló de él, y vuelto, dijo á las gentes que le seguían: Os digo [que] ni aun en Israel he hallado tanta fe.
10 When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant was well.
10 Y vueltos á casa los que habían sido enviados, hallaron sano al siervo que había estado enfermo.
11 Soon after that, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him.
11 Y aconteció después, que él iba á la ciudad que se llama Naín, é iban con él muchos de sus discípulos, y gran compañía.
12 As he came near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a widow), and a rather large crowd from the town was with her.
12 Y como llegó cerca de la puerta de la ciudad, he aquí que sacaban fuera á un difunto, unigénito de su madre, la cual también era viuda: y había con ella grande compañía de la ciudad.
13 When the Lord saw her, he was deeply moved with compassion for her and said to her, “Do not cry.”
13 Y como el Señor la vió, compadecióse de ella, y le dice: No llores.
14 Then he went up and touched the wooden frame on which they carried the body, and those carrying it stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.”
14 Y acercándose, tocó el féretro: y los que [lo] llevaban, pararon. Y dice: Mancebo, á ti digo, levántate.
15 The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.
15 Entonces se incorporó el que había muerto, y comenzó á hablar. Y dióle á su madre.
16 Then fear overcame all of them, and they kept praising God, saying, “A great prophet has been raised among us” and “God has looked upon his people.”
16 Y todos tuvieron miedo, y glorificaban á Dios, diciendo: Que un gran profeta se ha levantado entre nosotros; y que Dios ha visitado á su pueblo.
17 This news about Jesus spread throughout the whole of Judea and all the neighboring regions.
17 Y salió esta fama de él por toda Judea, y por toda la tierra de alrededor.
18 John's disciples told him about all these things.
18 Y sus discípulos dieron á Juan las nuevas de todas estas cosas: y llamó Juan á dos de sus discípulos,
19 Then John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord to say, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”
19 Y envió á Jesús, diciendo: ¿Eres tú aquél que había de venir, ó esperaremos á otro?
20 When they had come near to Jesus, the men said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you to say, 'Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?'”
20 Y como los hombres vinieron á él, dijeron: Juan el Bautista nos ha enviado á ti, diciendo: ¿Eres tú aquél que había de venir, ó esperaremos á otro?
21 In that hour he healed many people from sicknesses and afflictions and from evil spirits, and to many blind people he gave sight.
21 Y en la misma hora sanó á muchos de enfermedades y plagas, y de espíritus malos; y á muchos ciegos dió la vista.
22 Jesus answered and said to them, “After you have gone on your way, report to John what you have seen and heard. Blind people are receiving sight, lame people are walking, lepers are being cleansed, deaf people are hearing, people who have died are being raised back to life, and needy people are being told the good news.
22 Y respondiendo Jesús, les dijo: Id, dad las nuevas á Juan de lo que habéis visto y oído: que los ciegos ven, los cojos andan, los leprosos son limpiados, los sordos oyen, los muertos resucitan, á los pobres es anunciado el evangelio:
23 The person who does not stop believing in me because of my actions is blessed.”
23 Y bienaventurado es el que no fuere escandalizado en mí.
24 After John's messengers had gone away, Jesus began to say to the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
24 Y como se fueron los mensajeros de Juan, comenzó á hablar de Juan á las gentes: ¿Qué salisteis á ver al desierto? ¿una caña que es agitada por el viento?
25 But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Look, those who wear expensive clothing and who live in luxury are in kings' palaces.
25 Mas ¿qué salisteis á ver? ¿un hombre cubierto de vestidos delicados? He aquí, los que están en vestido precioso, y viven en delicias, en los palacios de los reyes están.
26 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
26 Mas ¿qué salisteis á ver? ¿un profeta? También os digo, y aun más que profeta.
27 This is he of whom it is written, 'See, I am sending my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'
27 Este es de quien está escrito: He aquí, envío mi mensajero delante de tu faz, el cual aparejará tu camino delante de ti.
28 I say to you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he is.”
28 Porque os digo que entre los nacidos de mujeres, no hay mayor profeta que Juan el Bautista: mas el más pequeño en el reino de los cielos es mayor que él.
29 (When all the people heard this, including the tax collectors, they declared that God is righteous, because they had been baptized with the baptism of John.
29 Y todo el pueblo oyéndole, y los publicanos, justificaron á Dios, bautizándose con el bautismo de Juan.
30 But the Pharisees and the experts in Jewish law rejected God's purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
30 Mas los Fariseos y los sabios de la ley, desecharon el consejo de Dios contra sí mismos, no siendo bautizados de él.
31 “To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?
31 Y dice el Señor: ¿A quién, pues, compararé los hombres de esta generación, y á qué son semejantes?
32 They are like children playing in the marketplace, who sit and call to one another and say, 'We played a flute for you, and you did not dance. We sang a funeral song, and you did not cry.'
32 Semejantes son á los muchachos sentados en la plaza, y que dan voces los unos á los otros, y dicen: Os tañimos con flautas, y no bailasteis: os endechamos, y no llorasteis.
33 For John the Baptist came eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'
33 Porque vino Juan el Bautista, que ni comía pan, ni bebía vino, y decís: Demonio tiene.
34 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look, he is a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'
34 Vino el Hijo del hombre, que come y bebe, y decís: He aquí un hombre comilón, y bebedor de vino, amigo de publicanos y de pecadores.
35 But wisdom is justified by all her children.”
35 Mas la sabiduría es justificada de todos sus hijos.
36 Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him. So after Jesus entered into the Pharisee's house, he reclined at the table to eat.
36 Y le rogó uno de los Fariseos, que comiese con él. Y entrado en casa del Fariseo, sentóse á la mesa.
37 Behold, there was a woman in the city who was a sinner. When she found out that he was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfumed oil.
37 Y he aquí una mujer que había sido pecadora en la ciudad, como entendió que estaba á la mesa en casa de aquel Fariseo, trajo un alabastro de ungüento,
38 As she stood behind him near his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with perfumed oil.
38 Y estando detrás á sus pies, comenzó llorando á regar con lágrimas sus pies, y los limpiaba con los cabellos de su cabeza; y besaba sus pies, y los ungía con el ungüento.
39 When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he thought to himself, saying, “If this man were a prophet, then he would know who and what type of woman is touching him, that she is a sinner.”
39 Y como vió esto el Fariseo que le había convidado, habló entre sí, diciendo: Este, si fuera profeta, conocería quién y cuál es la mujer que le toca, que es pecadora.
40 Jesus responded and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” He said, “Say it, Teacher!”
40 Entonces respondiendo Jesús, le dijo: Simón, una cosa tengo que decirte. Y él dice: Di, Maestro.
41 Jesus said, “A certain moneylender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
41 Un acreedor tenía dos deudores: el uno le debía quinientos denarios, y el otro cincuenta;
42 When they could not pay him, he forgave them both. Therefore, which of them will love him more?”
42 Y no teniendo ellos de qué pagar, perdonó á ambos. Di, pues, ¿cuál de éstos le amará más?
43 Simon answered him and said, “I suppose the one whom he forgave the most.” Jesus said to him, “You have judged correctly.”
43 Y respondiendo Simón, dijo: Pienso que aquél al cual perdonó más. Y él le dijo: Rectamente has juzgado.
44 Jesus turned to the woman and said to Simon, “You see this woman. I have entered into your house. You gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
44 Y vuelto á la mujer, dijo á Simón: ¿Ves esta mujer? Entré en tu casa, no diste agua para mis pies; mas ésta ha regado mis pies con lágrimas, y los ha limpiado con los cabellos.
45 You did not give me a kiss, but from the time I came in she did not stop kissing my feet.
45 No me diste beso, mas ésta, desde que entré, no ha cesado de besar mis pies.
46 You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.
46 No ungiste mi cabeza con óleo; mas ésta ha ungido con ungüento mis pies.
47 Therefore I say to you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven—for she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.”
47 Por lo cual te digo [que] sus muchos pecados son perdonados, porque amó mucho; mas al que se perdona poco, poco ama.
48 Then he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
48 Y á ella dijo: Los pecados te son perdonados.
49 Those reclining together began to say among themselves, “Who is this that even forgives sins?”
49 Y los que estaban juntamente sentados á la mesa, comenzaron á decir entre sí: ¿Quién es éste, que también perdona pecados?
50 Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
50 Y dijo á la mujer: Tu fe te ha salvado, ve en paz.
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A Pharisee who invited Jesus to eat and whom Jesus addressed as Simon when a sinful woman anointed His feet.
Cited in the guide: Luke 7:40
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- 1 Matthew 8:5–13; Luke 7:1–10; Matthew 7:28–29
- 2 Genesis 24:27; John 4:46–47; 2 Kings 5:2–3; Job 31:5; Genesis 39:4–6
- 3 Matthew 8:5; John 4:47; Luke 9:38; Philemon 10; Luke 8:41
- 4 Luke 7:6–7; Matthew 10:37–38; Matthew 10:11; Revelation 3:4; Matthew 10:13
- 5 2 Chronicles 2:11–12; 1 Chronicles 29:3–9; 1 Kings 5:1; 1 John 5:1–3; 1 John 3:18–19
- 6 Mark 5:24; Luke 8:49; James 4:6; Matthew 3:11; Genesis 32:10
- 7 Psalm 107:20; Psalm 33:9; Luke 4:36; Mark 1:27; Luke 5:13
- 8 Acts 22:25–26; Acts 23:17; Colossians 3:22; Acts 10:7–8; 1 Timothy 6:1–2
- 9 Matthew 15:28; Romans 3:1–3; Matthew 8:10; Matthew 9:33; Romans 9:4–5
- 10 Matthew 8:13; John 4:50–53; Matthew 15:28; Mark 9:23
- 12 Luke 8:42; Luke 8:52; 2 Samuel 14:7; Genesis 22:12; Acts 9:39
- 13 Psalm 103:13; Isaiah 63:9; Lamentations 3:32–33; Hebrews 4:15; Psalm 86:15
- 14 John 5:25; John 11:43–44; Acts 9:40–41; John 11:25; Luke 8:54–55
- 15 2 Kings 13:21; 2 Kings 4:32–37; 1 Kings 17:23–24
- 16 Matthew 9:8; Jeremiah 33:9; Luke 1:68; Luke 7:39; Luke 2:20
- 17 Luke 7:14; Matthew 9:31; Matthew 9:26; Mark 1:28; Matthew 4:24
- 18 John 3:26; Matthew 11:2–19
- 19 Isaiah 9:6–7; John 4:25; Isaiah 11:1; Malachi 4:2; Genesis 3:15
- 20 Luke 7:19
- 21 Mark 3:10; 1 Kings 8:37; Mark 5:29; Psalm 90:7–9; Matthew 4:23
- 22 Isaiah 35:5–6; Isaiah 61:1–3; Luke 4:18; Isaiah 29:18–19; James 2:5
- 23 1 Peter 2:7–8; Matthew 11:6; Isaiah 8:14–15; Romans 9:32–33; Matthew 13:57–58
- 24 Ephesians 4:14; Luke 1:80; John 1:23; Luke 3:2; 2 Peter 3:17
- 25 2 Kings 1:8; Esther 1:11; Isaiah 59:17; Matthew 6:29; Esther 1:3
- 26 Luke 1:76; Luke 20:6; John 5:35; Matthew 11:9–14; Luke 16:16
- 27 Malachi 3:1; Luke 1:76; Mark 1:2; Matthew 11:10; Malachi 4:5–6
- 28 Hebrews 11:39–40; Matthew 11:11; Matthew 13:16–17; Colossians 1:25–27; Ephesians 3:8–9
- 29 Luke 3:12; Luke 7:35; Psalm 51:4; Matthew 21:31–32; Revelation 16:5
- 30 Luke 13:34; Matthew 22:35; 2 Corinthians 6:1; Jeremiah 8:8; Acts 20:27
- 31 Matthew 11:16–19; Lamentations 2:13; Mark 4:30
- 32 Matthew 11:16–19; Proverbs 17:16; Jeremiah 5:3–5; Isaiah 28:9–13; Zechariah 8:5
- 33 Luke 1:15; Mark 1:6; Matthew 3:4; John 8:52; Acts 2:13
- 34 Luke 15:2; Luke 7:36; Luke 19:7; Matthew 9:11; Luke 14:1
- 35 Proverbs 8:32–36; Matthew 11:19; 1 Corinthians 2:14–15; Hosea 14:9; Proverbs 17:16
- 36 Mark 14:3–9; Matthew 26:5–6; Luke 14:1; John 11:2–16; Luke 11:37
- 37 Mark 14:3–9; Matthew 26:6–13; Matthew 21:31; Luke 7:37–39; Luke 5:30
- 38 Psalm 126:5–6; Psalm 51:17; Genesis 18:4; Luke 7:44–46; Ecclesiastes 9:8
- 39 Luke 7:16; Luke 15:2; Isaiah 65:5; Proverbs 23:7; Mark 7:21
- 40 John 13:13; John 3:2; Luke 5:22; Matthew 7:22; Luke 18:18
- 41 Luke 7:47; Matthew 18:28; Matthew 6:12; Romans 5:20; Romans 3:23
- 42 Ephesians 1:7; Micah 7:18–20; Matthew 18:25–26; Ephesians 4:32; Romans 5:6
- 43 Psalm 116:16–18; Luke 10:38; 1 Corinthians 15:9–10; Mark 12:34; 1 Timothy 1:13–16
- 44 1 Timothy 5:10; Genesis 18:4; Judges 19:21; Genesis 19:2; Genesis 43:24
- 45 Romans 16:16; 2 Samuel 15:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:26; 2 Samuel 19:39; Genesis 33:4
- 46 Psalm 23:5; Ecclesiastes 9:8; Matthew 6:17; Ruth 3:3; 2 Samuel 14:2
- 47 1 John 4:19; 1 John 3:18; Romans 5:20; Galatians 5:6; Isaiah 1:18
- 48 Matthew 9:2; Mark 2:5; Luke 5:20
- 49 Luke 5:20–21; Mark 2:7; Matthew 9:3
- 50 Mark 5:34; Luke 8:48; Luke 18:42; Matthew 9:22; Mark 10:52
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The miracles of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ make indeed an impression on all who hear of, and believe them; but on different men in different ways.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
They maintain that he is the centurion mentioned in the Gospel, who addressed the Saviour in these words: "For I also am one having soldiers and servants under my authority; and whatsoever I command they do." They further hold that he will continue administering the affairs of the world as long as that is fitting and needful, and specially that …
For this Master of humility both by word and example, sat down even in the house of a certain proud Pharisee, by name Simon; and though He sat down in his house, there was no place in this heart, "where the Son of Man could lay His Head."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
But see by another thing also how Luke hath proclaimed his faith, saying that his servant "was ready to die." Nevertheless, not even this cast him into despondency, neither did it cause him to give up: but even so he trusted that he should prevail.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Her name, too, was indicated by the Saviour, when He said, "Yet wisdom is justified by her children." This, too, was done by Paul in these words, "But we speak wisdom among them that are perfect." They declare also that Paul has referred to the conjunctions within the Pleroma, showing them forth by means of one; for, when writing of …