Luke 7

In the first century, the relationship between Jews and Romans was not generally one of good will. But here we have an astonishing example of the opposite. These elders of the Jews "pleaded earnestly with him" to heal the centurion's servant. Notice that the basis for this good will is action on the part of the centurion ("he built our synagogue"). The most common use of love in the Bible is associated with action of some sort. Very incredible faith story, too.
Nain is close to Nazareth, and you've probably heard this story before somewhere along the line, but read verse 13 again: When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, "Don't cry." His heart broke for this woman and it compelled Him to action.
For a detailed discussion of the dialogue between Jesus and John's talmidim, check what we posted on Matthew 11. Actually, I think I commented on it in the post on Matthew 14, but you'll find the parallel passage in Matthew 11. Notice that this account records Jesus not only talking about the blind receiving sight, etc., but Jesus also heals a bunch of people standing right there to emphasize his point and drive home the remez.
The story about being at Simon's house is quite convicting, but let me point out something that we tend to read right over: look again at verses 39-40: in verse 39, Simon says something to himself (maybe outloud under his breath, but he apparently never intended for Jesus to hear it, so it may have really been an internal conversation--literally to himself). And in verse 40, Jesus answered him... What?! Jesus just entered (and answered) this guy's internal conversation. Are you kidding me?! Wow!