When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
Parallel translations
- WEB One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.
- KJV And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
- NKJV And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,
- NASB Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice,
- NLT One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, “Praise God!”
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Quick answer
One healed leper returns, loudly glorifying God for his healing. True deliverance leads to grateful worship.
Overview
While all ten obeyed and were healed, only one perceives the Healer behind the healing and turns back in praise. His loud glorifying of God shows that gratitude and worship are the proper response to grace. This sets up Jesus' contrast between mere benefit received and the saving recognition of God's work.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 30:11–12You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
- Ps 103:1–4Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
- Luke 17:17–18“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine?
- Ps 118:18–19The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
- John 9:38“Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.
- Isa 38:19–22The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
- Ps 107:20–22He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.
- Matt 9:8When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
- 2 Chr 32:24–26In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.
- John 5:14Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
- Ps 116:12–15How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?
- Ps 30:1–2A Psalm. A song for the dedication of the temple. Of David. I will exalt You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me.
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