2And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
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And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: …
The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
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. …
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)The first verse refers to the close of the foregoing sermon: the people that heard him were astonished at his doctrine ; and the effect was, that when he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him ; though he was so strict a Lawgiver, and so faithful a Reprover, they diligently attended him, and were loth to disperse, and go from him. Note, They to whom Christ has manifested himsel…
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