Jesus Cures a Man with a Skin Disease^(A)

⁴⁰ Then a man with a serious skin disease came to him. The man fell to his knees and begged Yeshua, “If you’re willing, you can make me clean.”^[a]

⁴¹ Yeshua felt sorry for him, reached out, touched him, and said, “I’m willing. So be clean!”

⁴² Immediately, his skin disease went away, and he was clean.

⁴³ Yeshua sent him away at once and warned him, ⁴⁴ “Don’t tell anyone about this! Instead, show yourself to the priest. Then offer the sacrifices which Moses commanded as proof to people that you are clean.”

⁴⁵ When the man left, he began to talk freely. He spread his story so widely that Yeshua could no longer enter any city openly. Instead, he stayed in places where he could be alone. But people still kept coming to him from everywhere.

Jesus Cures a Man with a Skin Disease^(A)

¹² One day Yeshua was in a city where there was a man covered with a serious skin disease. When the man saw Yeshua, he bowed with his face to the ground. He begged Yeshua, “Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean.”^[a]

¹³ Yeshua reached out, touched him, and said, “I want to. So be clean!” Immediately, his skin disease went away.

¹⁴ Yeshua ordered him, “Don’t tell anyone. Instead, show yourself to the priest. Then offer the sacrifice as Moses commanded as proof to people that you are clean.”

¹⁵ The news about Yeshua spread even more. Large crowds gathered to hear him and have their diseases cured. ¹⁶ But he would go away to places where he could be alone for prayer.