After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave. When they came to Jesus, they appealed to him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy of having you do this for him, for he loves our people, and it is he who built our synagogue for us.”

Let us pray:

Jesus, open my eyes to see love instead of difference, value instead of judgment, worth instead of sin. Lord I bring my friends and strangers before you because I know you are what they need. Amen.

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