Hey friends, I'm Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four

books of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories

of Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the

miracles. Each month we get to read all four books. Go ahead and subscribe today. Join

us as we read the Gospels together. Here's how it works. I'm going to read three chapters

to you today. You can listen or read along in your own Bible, and then I'll pray, and

that's it. Today is August 8th, day 18, and I'll be reading Luke chapter 7 through 9. And

this month, I'm reading from the message. Luke 7. When he finished speaking to the people,

he entered Capernaum. A Roman captain there had a servant who was on his deathbed. He

prized him highly and didn't want to lose him. When he heard Jesus was back, he sent

leaders from the Jewish community asking him to come and heal his servant. They came to

Jesus and urged him to do it saying he deserves this. He loves our people. He even built our

meeting place. Jesus went with them. When he was still quite far from the house, the captain

sent friends to tell him, master, you don't have to go to all this trouble. I'm not that

good a person, you know, I'd be embarrassed for you to come to my house, even embarrassed

to come to you in person. Just give the order and my servant will get well. I'm a man

under orders. I also give orders. I tell one soldier, go and he goes and other come

and he comes. My slave, do this and he does it. Taken a back, Jesus addressed the accompanying

crowd. I've yet to come across this kind of simple trust anywhere in Israel, the very

people who are supposed to know about God and how he works. When the messenger's got

back home, they found the servant up and well. Not long after that, Jesus went to the

village of Nain. His disciples were with him along with quite a large crowd. As they

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