First Option - Gospel: Matthew 8:5-17

⁵ As he entered Caper’na-um, a centurion came forward to him, beseeching him
⁶ and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress.”
⁷ And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.”
⁸ But the centurion answered him, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.
⁹ For I am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, `Go,’ and he goes, and to another, `Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, `Do this,’ and he does it.”
¹⁰ When Jesus heard him, he marveled, and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.
¹¹ I tell you, many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,
¹² while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.”
¹³ And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; be it done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed at that very moment.
¹⁴ And when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever;
¹⁵ he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and served him.
¹⁶ That evening they brought to him many who were possessed with demons; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.
¹⁷ This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, “He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.”