Matthew 8:3

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.^[a]

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8.3 The miracles of Jesus were never performed to amaze people and shock them into belief. They were worked with a view to a real strengthening of faith in the recipient or beholder, from whom the proper dispositions were required.

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