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1 Cuando terminó de hablar a la gente, entró en Capernaum.
When Jesus had brought to a conclusion all that he had then had to say to the people, he entered Capernaum.
2 El siervo de un centurión, que le era muy querido, estaba enfermo y a punto de morir.
A centurion in the Roman army had a slave whom he valued, and who was seriously ill – almost at the point of death.
3 Cuando oyó hablar de Jesús, le envió a los ancianos de los judíos, pidiéndole que viniera a sanar a su siervo.
And, hearing about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, with the request that he would come and save his slave’s life.
4 Cuando llegaron a Jesús, le rogaron encarecidamente, diciendo: “Es digno de que hagas esto por él,
When they found Jesus, they earnestly implored him to do so. “He deserves the favor from you,” they said,
5 porque ama a nuestra nación y nos ha construido nuestra sinagoga.”
“For he is devoted to our nation, and himself built our synagogue for us.”
6 Jesús fue con ellos. Cuando ya no estaba lejos de la casa, el centurión envió a sus amigos a decirle: “Señor, no te preocupes, porque no soy digno de que entres bajo mi techo.
So Jesus went with them. But, when he was no great distance from the house, the centurion sent some friends with the message – “Do not trouble yourself, Sir; for I am unworthy to receive you under my roof.
7 Por eso ni siquiera me he considerado digno de venir a ti; pero di la palabra, y mi criado quedará sano.
That was why I did not even venture to come to you myself; but speak, and let my manservant be cured.
8 Porque también yo soy un hombre puesto bajo autoridad, que tiene bajo su mando soldados. A éste le digo: “Ve”, y va; a otro: “Ven”, y viene; y a mi siervo: “Haz esto”, y lo hace”.
For I myself am a man under the orders of others, with soldiers under me; and if I say to one of them ‘Go,’ he goes, and to another ‘Come,’ he comes, and to my slave ‘Do this,’ he does it.”
9 Cuando Jesús oyó estas cosas, se maravilló de él y, volviéndose, dijo a la multitud que le seguía: “Os digo que no he encontrado una fe tan grande, ni siquiera en Israel.”
Jesus was surprised to hear these words from him; and, turning to the crowd which was following him, he said, “I tell you, nowhere in Israel have I met with such faith as this!”
10 Los enviados, al volver a la casa, encontraron que el siervo que había estado enfermo estaba bien.
And, when the messengers returned to the house, they found the slave recovered.
11 Poco después, fue a una ciudad llamada Naín. Muchos de sus discípulos, junto con una gran multitud, iban con él.
Shortly after, Jesus went to a town called Nain, his disciples and a great crowd going with him.
12 Cuando se acercó a la puerta de la ciudad, he aquí que sacaban a un muerto, hijo único de su madre, que era viuda. La acompañaba mucha gente de la ciudad.
Just as he approached the gate of the town, there was a dead man being carried out for burial – an only son, and his mother was a widow. A large number of the people of the town were with her.
13 Al verla, el Señor se compadeció de ella y le dijo: “No llores”.
When he saw her, the Master was moved with compassion for her, and he said to her, “Do not weep.”
14 Se acercó y tocó el féretro, y los portadores se detuvieron. Dijo: “Joven, te digo que te levantes”.
Then he went up and touched the bier, and the bearers stopped; and Jesus said, “Young man, I am speaking to you – Rise!”
15 El que estaba muerto se sentó y empezó a hablar. Luego se lo entregó a su madre.
The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus restored him to his mother.
16 El temor se apoderó de todos, y glorificaron a Dios, diciendo: “¡Ha surgido un gran profeta entre nosotros!” y “¡Dios ha visitado a su pueblo!”
Everyone was awe-struck and began praising God. “A great prophet has arisen among us,” they said. “God has visited his people.”
17 Esta noticia se difundió sobre él en toda Judea y en toda la región circundante.
And this story about Jesus spread all through Judea, and in the neighboring countries as well.
18 Los discípulos de Juan le contaron todas estas cosas.
All these events were reported to John by his disciples.
19 Juan, llamando a dos de sus discípulos, los envió a Jesús, diciendo: “¿Eres tú el que viene, o debemos buscar a otro?”
So he summoned two of them, and sent them to the Master to ask – “Are you ‘the coming one,’ or are we to look for someone else?”
20 Cuando los hombres se acercaron a él, dijeron: “Juan el Bautista nos ha enviado a ti, diciendo: “¿Eres tú el que viene, o debemos buscar a otro?”
When these men found Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask – Are you ‘the coming one,’ or are we to look for somebody else?”
21 En aquella hora curó a muchos de enfermedades y plagas y espíritus malignos; y a muchos ciegos les dio la vista.
At that very time Jesus had cured many people of diseases, afflictions, and wicked spirits, and had given many blind people their sight.
22 Jesús les respondió: “Id y contad a Juan lo que habéis visto y oído: que los ciegos ven, los cojos andan, los leprosos quedan limpios, los sordos oyen, los muertos resucitan y a los pobres se les anuncia la buena nueva.
So his answer to the question was, “Go and report to John what you have witnessed and heard – the blind recover their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, the good news is told to the poor.
23 Dichoso el que no encuentra en mí ocasión de tropezar”.
And blessed is the person who finds no hindrance in me.”
24 Cuando los mensajeros de Juan se marcharon, comenzó a decir a las multitudes sobre Juan: “¿Qué salisteis a ver al desierto? ¿Una caña agitada por el viento?
When John’s messengers had left, Jesus, speaking to the crowds, began to say with reference to John,
25 Pero, ¿qué salisteis a ver? ¿A un hombre vestido con ropas finas? He aquí que los que se visten de forma elegante y viven con deleites están en las cortes de los reyes.
“What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed waving in the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in rich clothing? Why, those who are accustomed to fine clothes and luxury live in royal palaces.
26 Pero, ¿qué salisteis a ver? ¿A un profeta? Sí, os digo, y mucho más que un profeta.
What then did you go to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.
27 Este es aquel de quien está escrito, ‘He aquí que envío a mi mensajero ante tu rostro, que te preparará el camino delante de ti.’
This is the man of whom scripture says – ‘I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you.’
28 “Porque os digo que entre los nacidos de mujer no hay mayor profeta que Juan el Bautista; pero el más pequeño en el Reino de Dios es mayor que él.”
There is, I tell you, no one born of a woman who is greater than John; and yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
29 Al oír esto, todo el pueblo y los recaudadores de impuestos declararon que Dios era justo, pues habían sido bautizados con el bautismo de Juan.
(All the people, when they heard this, and even the tax collectors, having accepted John’s baptism, acknowledged the justice of God.
30 Pero los fariseos y los letrados rechazaron el consejo de Dios, no siendo ellos mismos bautizados por él.
But the Pharisees and the students of the Law, having rejected John’s baptism, frustrated God’s purpose in regard to them.)
31 “¿Con qué debo comparar a la gente de esta generación? ¿A qué se parecen?
“To what then,” Jesus continued, “should I compare the people of the present generation? What are they like?
32 Son como niños que se sientan en el mercado y se llaman unos a otros, diciendo: ‘Te cantamos, y no bailaste. Nosotros nos lamentamos, y vosotros no llorasteis’.
They are like some little children who are sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another – ‘We have played the flute for you, but you have not danced; We have wailed, but you have not wept!’
33 Porque Juan el Bautista no vino ni a comer pan ni a beber vino, y vosotros decís: ‘Tiene un demonio’.
For now that John the Baptist has come, not eating bread or drinking wine, you are saying ‘He has a demon in him’;
34 El Hijo del Hombre ha venido comiendo y bebiendo, y vosotros decís: ‘He aquí un comilón y un borracho, amigo de recaudadores y pecadores.’
and now that the Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, you are saying ‘Here is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax collectors and outcasts.’
35 La sabiduría es justificada por todos sus hijos”.
And yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
36 Uno de los fariseos le invitó a comer con él. Entró en la casa del fariseo y se sentó a la mesa.
One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, so Jesus went to his house and took his place at the table.
37 He aquí que una mujer pecadora de la ciudad, al saber que él estaba reclinado en casa del fariseo, trajo un frasco de alabastro con ungüento.
Just then a woman, who was an outcast in the town, having heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of perfume,
38 Se puso detrás, a sus pies, llorando, y comenzó a mojarle los pies con sus lágrimas, y se los secó con los cabellos de su cabeza, le besó los pies y se los untó con el ungüento.
and placed herself behind Jesus, near his feet, weeping. Then she began to make his feet wet with her tears, and she dried them with the hair of her head, repeatedly kissing his feet and anointing them with the perfume.
39 Al verla, el fariseo que le había invitado se dijo: “Este hombre, si fuera profeta, se habría dado cuenta de quién y qué clase de mujer es la que le toca, que es una pecadora.”
When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “Had this man been ‘the prophet,’ he would have known who, and what sort of woman, this is who is touching him, and that she is an outcast.”
40 Jesús le respondió: “Simón, tengo algo que decirte”. Él dijo: “Maestro, dígalo”.
But, addressing him, Jesus said, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Pray do so, teacher,” Simon answered; and Jesus began,
41 “Un prestamista tenía dos deudores. Uno debía quinientos denarios y el otro cincuenta.
“There were two people who were in debt to a moneylender; one owed five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty.
42 Como no podían pagar, les perdonó a los dos. ¿Cuál de ellos lo amará más?”
As they were unable to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, do you think, will love him the more?”
43 Simón respondió: “Aquel, supongo, al que más perdonó”. Le dijo: “Has juzgado correctamente”.
“I suppose,” answered Simon, “it will be the man to whom he forgave the greater debt.” “You are right,” said Jesus,
44 Volviéndose a la mujer, dijo a Simón: “¿Ves a esta mujer? Entré en tu casa y no me diste agua para mis pies, pero ella ha mojado mis pies con sus lágrimas y los ha enjugado con el pelo de su cabeza.
and then, turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house – you gave me no water for my feet, but she has made my feet wet with her tears and dried them with her hair.
45 No me diste ningún beso, pero ella, desde que entré, no ha dejado de besar mis pies.
You did not give me one kiss, but she, from the moment I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
46 Tú no ungiste mi cabeza con aceite, pero ella ha ungido mis pies con ungüento.
You did not anoint even my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume.
47 Por eso os digo que sus pecados, que son muchos, le han sido perdonados, porque ha amado mucho. Pero a quien se le perdona poco, ama poco”.
So I tell you, her great love shows that her sins, many as they are, have been pardoned. One who is pardoned little loves little.”
48 Y le dijo: “Tus pecados están perdonados”.
Then he said to the woman, “Your sins have been pardoned.”
49 Los que se sentaban a la mesa con él empezaron a decirse: “¿Quién es éste que hasta perdona los pecados?”
The other guests began to say to one another, “Who is this man who even pardons sins?”
50 Le dijo a la mujer: “Tu fe te ha salvado. Ve en paz”.
But Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has delivered you; go, and peace be with you.”
