My Soul Is Not Worthy To Enter Under Your Roof

But just say the word and my servant will be healed.

My soul is not worthy to enter under your roof.

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 the way it is now limits what it is was originally all about. The centurion answered and said lord i am not worthy that thou shouldest 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.

Lord i am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof. But speak the word only and my servant shall be healed. In the gospel of matthew jesus is approached by a centurion who pleads with him to cure his servant. But only say the word and my servant shall be healed.

So feed us with the body and blood of jesus christ your son that we may forever live in him and he in us. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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. Erv the officer answered lord i am not good enough for you to come into my house. Only say the word and my servant will be healed mt.

The new prayer however is more detailed more metaphorical and to my mind more poetic. Not only the text is now closer to the gospel reference it has greater emphasis. Lord i am not worthy to have you enter under my roof. It s actually closer to the scripture it is quoting.

We are not worthy even to gather up the crumbs under your table but it is your nature always to have mercy. The version of the prayer used in the eucharistic liturgy of the free methodist church is as follows. 8 is about a physical healing not that of the soul. The roof refers to the house which means everything inside the house or in this case everyone.

Only say the word and my servant will be healed. Reading the entire passage verses 5 13 the verse comes from is instructive. And the centurion making answer said.