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16And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

Luke 17:16

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 11-19)

We have here an account of the cure of ten lepers, which we had not in any other of the evangelists. The leprosy was a disease which the Jews supposed to be inflicted for the punishment of some particular sin, and to be, more than other diseases, a mark of God’s displeasure; and therefore Christ, who came to take away sin, and turn away wrath, took particular care to cleanse the lepers that fell i...

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