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and there was a leper[a] who came to him and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean.’ He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, ‘I do choose. Be made clean!’ Immediately his leprosy[b] was cleansed. Then Jesus said to him, ‘See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.’

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 8:2 The terms leper and leprosy can refer to several diseases
  2. Matthew 8:3 The terms leper and leprosy can refer to several diseases

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