The Cleansing of a Leper^(A)

⁴⁰ A leper came to Him, pleading with Him and kneeling before Him, saying, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

⁴¹ Then Jesus, moved with compassion, extended His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I will. Be clean.” ⁴² As soon as He had spoken, the leprosy immediately departed from him, and he was cleansed.

⁴³ He sternly warned him, and sent him away at once, ⁴⁴ saying, “See that you say nothing to anyone. But go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” ⁴⁵ Instead he went out and began to proclaim it widely and to spread the news around, so that Jesus could no more openly enter the city, but was out in remote places. And they came to Him from every quarter.

The Cleansing of a Leper^(A)

¹² When He was in a certain city, a man full of leprosy, upon seeing Jesus, fell on his face and begged Him, “Lord, if You will, You can make me clean.”

¹³ He reached out His hand and touched him, saying, “I will. Be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him.

¹⁴ Then He commanded him to tell no one, “But go and show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

¹⁵ Yet even more so His fame went everywhere. And great crowds came together to hear and to be healed by Him of their infirmities. ¹⁶ But He withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.