Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
Parallel translations
- WEB He stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately the leprosy left him.
- KJV And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
- NKJV Then He put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately the leprosy left him.
- NASB And He reached out with His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately the leprosy left him.
- NLT Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” And instantly the leprosy disappeared.
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Quick answer
Jesus touches the leper and immediately cleanses him. He shows compassion and power that purifies rather than being defiled.
Overview
Rather than being made unclean by contact, Jesus' touch makes the unclean clean, reversing the expected flow of defilement. His words 'I want to' answer the man's tentative plea with assured grace. This healing pictures the gospel: Christ willingly draws near to the defiled and cleanses them, ultimately through his atoning work.
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Cross-references · 12
- Matt 9:29–30Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”
- John 4:50–53“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.
- Hos 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
- 2 Kgs 5:14So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.
- Ezek 36:29I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.
- Gen 1:9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
- Ps 33:9For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
- Luke 4:39and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.
- Ezek 36:25–27I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Luke 8:54–55But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”
- 2 Kgs 5:10Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”
- Gen 1:3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
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