Jesus helps a man with a skin disease
40 One day, a man who had a bad skin disease came to Jesus. He went down on his knees in front of Jesus. The man said. ‘If you want, you can make me well. Please do it.’
1:40The man's disease was called leprosy, but it may be a different skin disease from the one we call leprosy today.
41 Jesus felt very sorry for the man. He put out his hand towards the man and he touched him. Jesus said, ‘I do want to help you. Be clean again!’ 42 Immediately, the disease left the man.
43 Jesus sent the man away immediately and he spoke to the man with strong words. 44 He said, ‘Listen to me. Do not tell anyone about this. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest. Take him a gift for God. Moses' law tells you what you should give when you are clean again after this kind of disease. This will show everyone that you are now well again.’
1:44Moses was a great leader of the Israelites, who gave God's laws to the people.
45 But instead, the man went away and he talked to everybody. He told people what had happened to him. Because he did this, it became too difficult for Jesus to go into the towns. So Jesus stayed in places in the wilderness. But people came from all the places around there to see him.
