My Soul Is Not Worthy To Enter Under Your Roof

As he entered capernaum a centurion came forward to him beseeching him and saying lord my servant is lying paralyzed at home in terrible distress.

My soul is not worthy to enter under your roof.

It s actually closer to the scripture it is quoting. There is a significant change compared to the current text from not worthy to receive you into not worthy that you should enter under my roof. The centurion said in reply lord i am not worthy to have you enter under my roof. So feed us with the body and blood of jesus christ your son that we may forever live in him and he in us.

8 is about a physical healing not that of the soul. Upon hearing that the lord would come to help him the centurion said in reply lord i am not worthy to have you enter under my roof. Erv the officer answered lord i am not good enough for you to come into my house. Lord i am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.

But just say the word and my servant will be healed. I too prefer it. As you have believed let it be done for you. Lord i am not worthy that you should enter under my roof but only say the word and my soul shall be healed this response calls to mind the words that were spoken by the roman centurion to jesus when he begged the lord to heal his sick servant in matthew 8.

And the centurion making answer said. Reading the entire passage verses 5 13 the verse comes from is instructive. Lord i am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof. Only say the word and my servant will be healed mt.

We are not worthy even to gather up the crumbs under your table but it is your nature always to have mercy. When jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those following him amen i say to you in no one in israel have i found such faith you may go. Christian standard bible lord the centurion replied i am not worthy to have you come under my roof. Lord i am not worthy that you should enter under my roof but only say the word and my soul shall be.

In the gospel of matthew jesus is approached by a centurion who pleads with him to cure his servant. Only say the word and my servant will be healed. The roof refers to the house which means everything inside the house or in this case everyone. The centurion answered and said lord i am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof.

The version of the prayer used in the eucharistic liturgy of the free methodist church is as follows. But speak the word only and my servant shall be healed. Only say the word and my servant will be healed the way it is now limits what it is was originally all about.