12And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
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And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. …
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: …
And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-16)Here is, I. The cleansing of a leper, Luke 5:12-14. This narrative we had both in Matthew and Mark. It is here said to have been in a certain city (Luke 5:12); it was in Capernaum, but the evangelist would not name it, perhaps because it was a reflection upon the government of the city that a leper was suffered to be in it . This man is said to be full of leprosy ; he had that distemper in a high…
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