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Jesus Cleanses a Leper(A)

When Jesus[a] came down from the hillside, large crowds followed him. Suddenly, a leper[b] came up to him, fell down before him, and said, “Sir,[c] if you want to, you can make me clean.”[d]

So Jesus[e] reached out his hand, touched him, and said, “I do want to. Be clean!” And instantly his leprosy was made clean. Then Jesus told him, “See to it that you don’t speak to anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest, and then offer the sacrifice that Moses commanded[f] as proof to the authorities.”[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 8:1 Lit. he
  2. Matthew 8:2 I.e. a man with a serious skin disease
  3. Matthew 8:2 Or Lord
  4. Matthew 8:2 I.e. restored to health and qualified to participate in worship
  5. Matthew 8:3 Lit. He
  6. Matthew 8:4 Cf. Lev 14:3-32
  7. Matthew 8:4 Lit. to them

A Leper Cleansed

And when[a] he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him. And behold, a leper approached and[b] worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you are able to make me clean.” And extending his hand he touched him, saying, “I am willing, be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 8:1 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“came down”)
  2. Matthew 8:2 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“approached”) has been translated as a finite verb