Luke 5:12-16

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹² While He was in one of the towns, there came a man full of (covered with) leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, Lord, if You are willing, You are able to cure me and make me clean.

¹³ And [Jesus] reached out His hand and touched him, saying, I am willing; be cleansed! And immediately the leprosy left him.

¹⁴ And [Jesus] charged him to tell no one [^[a]that he might chance to meet], ^[b]until [He said] you go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your purification, as Moses commanded, for a testimony and proof to the people, that they may have evidence [of your healing].^(A)

¹⁵ But so much the more the news spread abroad concerning Him, and great crowds kept coming together to hear [Him] and to be healed by Him of their infirmities.

¹⁶ But He Himself withdrew [in retirement] to the wilderness (desert) and prayed.