Cleansing a Leper

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Mat 8:1–4

1 When Jesus had come down from the hill, large crowds followed him.
2 Behold, a leper came to him and bowed before him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
3 Jesus reached out his hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing. Be clean.” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy.
4 Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to any man. Go on your way, and show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”

40 A leper came to him. He was begging him; he knelt down and said to him, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”
41 Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched him, saying to him, “I am willing. Be clean.”
42 Immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.
43 Jesus strictly warned him and sent him away.
44 He said to him, “Be sure to say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
45 But he went out and began to spread the news widely, so much that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but he stayed out in remote places. Yet people were still coming to him from everywhere.

12 It came about that while he was in one of the cities, a man full of leprosy was there. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
13 Then Jesus reached out his hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing. Be clean.” Immediately the leprosy left him.
14 He instructed him to tell no one, but told him, “Go on your way, and show yourself to the priest and offer a sacrifice for your cleansing, according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”
15 But the report about him spread even farther, and large crowds of people came together to hear him teach and to be healed of their sicknesses.
16 But he often withdrew into the deserted places and prayed.