Luke 5:13

Then Jesus reached out his hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing. Be clean.” Immediately the leprosy left him.

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In The King James Version

And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

In Context

12It 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.”

14He 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.”

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Cross References

Genesis 1:3God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

2 Kings 5:10Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and dip yourself into the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored; you will be clean.”

Psalms 33:9For he spoke, and it was done; 1 he commanded, and it stood in place. 1

Ezekiel 36:29For I will save you from all of your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and multiply it. I will no longer put famine upon you.

Matthew 9:29Then Jesus touched their eyes and said, “Let it be done to you according to your faith,”

Luke 8:54But he took her by the hand and called out, saying, “Child, get up!”

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:13-17

A Leper Cleansed. 12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. 14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 15 But so much the… Read the whole commentary →

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