Matthew 8:1-4

International Standard Version

Jesus Cleanses a Leper^(A)

8 When Jesus^[a] came down from the hillside, large crowds followed him. ² 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]

³ So Jesus^[e] reached out his hand, touched him, and said, “I do want to. Be clean!” And instantly his leprosy was made clean. ⁴ 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]