92. Healing the Ten Lepers

        ¹²And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers,^a who stood at a distance ¹³and lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”
        ¹⁴When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.”^b
        And as they went they were cleansed. ¹⁵Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; ¹⁶and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.
        ¹⁷Then said Jesus, “Were not ten cleansed? Where then are the nine? ¹⁸Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”
        ¹⁹And he said to him, “Arise and go your way; your faith has made you whole.”
        (Lk. 17:12–19)

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a   “ten lepers”—See Ch. 34, fn. b, for a definition of leprosy.

b   “Go and show yourselves to the priests.”—This was required by the law of Moses: "The Lord said to Moses, 'This shall be the law of the leper for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest; and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall make an examination.'” (Leviticus 14:1–3)

Lk. 17:19  you whole.” (KJV) / you well.” (RSV)   (166:2/1827–8)

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