Gospel, Matthew 8:5-11

When he went into Capernaum a centurion came up and pleaded with him. 'Sir,' he said,
'my servant is lying at home paralysed and in great pain.' Jesus said to him, 'I will come
myself and cure him.' The centurion replied, 'Sir, I am not worthy to have you under my
roof; just give the word and my servant will be cured. For I am under authority myself
and have soldiers under me; and I say to one man, "Go," and he goes; to another, "Come
here," and he comes; to my servant, "Do this," and he does it.' When Jesus heard this he
was astonished and said to those following him, 'In truth I tell you, in no one in Israel
have I found faith as great as this. And I tell you that many will come from east and west
and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob at the feast in the kingdom of Heaven.