1. When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people, he returned to Capernaum.
2. At that time the highly valued slave of a Roman officer was sick and near death.
3. When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some respected Jewish elders to ask him to come and heal his slave.
4. So they earnestly begged Jesus to help the man. “If anyone deserves your help, he does,” they said,
5. “for he loves the Jewish people and even built a synagogue for us.”