Jesus makes a man with a skin disease well again
1 Jesus came down from the hill and a large crowd followed him. 2 A man with a bad skin disease came to meet him. He went down on his knees in front of Jesus and he said, ‘Sir, if you want, you can make me well again. Please do it.’
8:2The man's disease was called leprosy, but it may be a different skin disease from the one we call leprosy today.
3 Jesus put out his hand towards the man and touched him. He said, ‘I do want to help you. Be clean again.’ Immediately, the man's skin was clean again.
4 Then Jesus said to the man, ‘Listen. You must not tell anyone about this. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest. Give the offering that Moses taught people to give after this kind of disease. This will show everyone that you are now well again.’
8:4Moses was a great leader of the Israelites. He gave God's laws to the people.
