Cleansing a Leper

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Mat 8:1–4

1 Large crowds followed Jesus once he'd come down from the mountain.
2 A leper approached him and bowed down, worshiping him, and said, “Lord, if you're willing, please heal me.”
3 Jesus reached out and touched him with his hand. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” Immediately he was healed from his leprosy.
4 “Make sure you don't tell anyone,” Jesus told him. “Go and show yourself to the priest and give the offering which Moses required as public proof.”

40 A leper came to him asking for help. The man kneeled down before Jesus, saying, “Please, if you're willing, you can heal me!”
41 With compassion Jesus reached out and touched the man, and said, “I am willing. Be healed!”
42 The leprosy left him immediately, and he was healed.
43 Jesus sent him away with a strong warning.
44 “Make sure you don't tell anybody anything about this,” he told him. “Go to the priest and show yourself to him. Give the offering which is required by the law of Moses for such cleansing, so that people will have proof.”
45 But the healed leper went out and told everyone what had happened. As a result Jesus could not openly go into the cities anymore, but had to stay out in the country where people came to him from everywhere around.

12 Once when Jesus was visiting one of the towns, he met a man there who had a very bad case of leprosy. The man fell with his face to the ground and begged Jesus, “Please Lord, if you're willing, you can make me clean.”
13 Jesus reached out and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately the leprosy disappeared.
14 “Say nothing to anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “Go and show yourself to the priest and make the ceremonial offerings as required by the law of Moses as proof that you've been healed.”
15 Yet the news about Jesus spread more and more. Large crowds came to hear Jesus and to be healed from their diseases.
16 But Jesus often used to retreat to quiet places and pray.