Matthew 8:8
Good News Translation
"Oh no, sir," answered the officer. "I do not deserve to have you come into my house. Just give the order, and my servant will get well.

New Revised Standard Version
The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant will be healed.

Contemporary English Version
But the officer said, "Lord, I'm not good enough for you to come into my house. Just give the order, and my servant will get well.

New American Bible
The centurion said in reply, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the centurion, making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the centurion, making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.

I am.

Matthew 3:11,14 I indeed baptize you in water unto penance, but he that shall come after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire. . . .

Matthew 15:26,27 Who answering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs. . . .

Genesis 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies, and of thy truth which thou hast fulfilled to thy servant. With my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I return with two companies.

Psalm 10:17 The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.

Luke 5:8 Which when Simon Peter saw, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying: Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

Luke 7:6,7 And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent his friends to him, saying: Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof. . . .

Luke 15:19,21 I am not worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. . . .

John 1:27 The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose.

John 13:6-8 He cometh therefore to Simon Peter. And Peter saith to him: Lord, dost thou wash my feet? . . .

but.

Matthew 8:3 And Jesus stretching forth his hand, touched him, saying: I will, be thou made clean. And forthwith his leprosy was cleansed.

Numbers 20:8 Take the rod, and assemble the people together, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak to the rock before them, and it shall yield waters. And when thou hast brought forth water out of the rock, all the multitude and their cattle shall drink.

Psalm 33:9 For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created.

Psalm 107:20 He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them from their destructions.

Mark 1:25-27 And Jesus threatened him, saying: Speak no more, and go out of the man. . . .

Luke 7:7 For which cause neither did I think myself worthy to come to thee: but say the word, and my servant shall be healed.

Context
The Faith of the Centurion
7And Jesus saith to him: I will come and heal him. 8And the centurion, making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed. 9For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.…
Cross References
Psalm 107:20
He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them from their destructions.

Matthew 8:7
And Jesus saith to him: I will come and heal him.

Matthew 8:9
For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Matthew 8:7
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