Luke 17:12
New International Version
As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance

New Living Translation
As he entered a village there, ten men with leprosy stood at a distance,

English Standard Version
And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance

Berean Standard Bible
As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance

Berean Literal Bible
And on His entering into a certain village, ten leprous men met Him, who stood afar off.

King James Bible
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

New King James Version
Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.

New American Standard Bible
And as He entered a village, ten men with leprosy who stood at a distance met Him;

NASB 1995
As He entered a village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him;

NASB 1977
And as He entered a certain village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him;

Legacy Standard Bible
And as He entered a village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him.

Amplified Bible
As He entered a village, He was met by ten lepers who stood at a distance;

Christian Standard Bible
As he entered a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As He entered a village, 10 men with serious skin diseases met Him. They stood at a distance

American Standard Version
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off:

Contemporary English Version
As he was going into a village, ten men with leprosy came toward him. They stood at a distance

English Revised Version
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
As he went into a village, ten men with a skin disease met him. They stood at a distance

Good News Translation
He was going into a village when he was met by ten men suffering from a dreaded skin disease. They stood at a distance

International Standard Version
As he was going into a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance

Majority Standard Bible
As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance

NET Bible
As he was entering a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance,

New Heart English Bible
As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.

Webster's Bible Translation
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood at a distance.

Weymouth New Testament
And as He entered a certain village, ten men met Him who were lepers and stood at a distance.

World English Bible
As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and He entering into a certain village, there ten leprous men met Him, who stood far off,

Berean Literal Bible
And on His entering into a certain village, ten leprous men met Him, who stood afar off.

Young's Literal Translation
and he entering into a certain village, there met him ten leprous men, who stood afar off,

Smith's Literal Translation
And he coming to a certain town, ten leprous men met him, who stood far off:
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And as he entered into a certain town, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off;

Catholic Public Domain Version
And as he was entering a certain town, ten leprous men met him, and they stood at a distance.

New American Bible
As he was entering a village, ten lepers met [him]. They stood at a distance from him

New Revised Standard Version
As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And when he drew near to enter a village, he was met by ten lepers, and they stood afar off;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And when he approached to enter a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, and they stood afar off.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And as he entered a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood at a distance.

Godbey New Testament
He coming into a certain village, ten lepers met Him, who stood afar off;

Haweis New Testament
And as he was entering a certain village, ten leprous men met him, who stood at a distance:

Mace New Testament
and as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten lepers, who stood at a distance, and cry'd out aloud,

Weymouth New Testament
And as He entered a certain village, ten men met Him who were lepers and stood at a distance.

Worrell New Testament
And, as He was entering into a certain village, there met Him ten leprous men, who stood afar off;

Worsley New Testament
and as He entered into a certain village, there met Him ten men that were lepers:

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Ten Lepers
11While Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee. 12As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance 13and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”…

Cross References
Leviticus 13:45-46
A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ / As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.

2 Kings 5:1-14
Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. / At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. / She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” ...

Matthew 8:2-4
Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. / Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”

Mark 1:40-45
Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed. ...

Luke 5:12-16
While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. / “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” ...

Numbers 5:2-3
“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. / You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”

2 Chronicles 26:19-21
Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead. / When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him. / So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.

Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

Mark 14:3
While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.

Luke 4:27
And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”

Isaiah 53:4
Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.

Matthew 11:5
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

John 4:46-54
So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. / When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die. / Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.” ...

Acts 10:38
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

Matthew 9:35
Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.


Treasury of Scripture

And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

which.

Luke 5:12
And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Luke 18:13
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

Leviticus 13:45,46
And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean…

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Luke 17
1. Jesus teaches to avoid occasions of offense;
3. and to forgive one another.
5. The power of faith.
6. How we are bound to God.
11. Jesus heals ten lepers.
22. Of the kingdom of God, and the coming of the Son of Man.














As He entered one of the villages
This phrase sets the scene for the encounter between Jesus and the ten lepers. The Greek word for "entered" (εἰσερχομαι, eiserchomai) implies a purposeful movement, suggesting that Jesus was on a mission, as He often was during His ministry. The mention of "one of the villages" indicates a specific, yet unnamed, location, emphasizing the universality of Jesus' ministry. Villages in the time of Jesus were small, close-knit communities, often isolated from larger cities, which may have been why lepers, who were ostracized due to their condition, were found there.

He was met by ten lepers
The Greek term for "met" (ὑπαντάω, hypantaō) conveys the idea of a deliberate encounter. The lepers, aware of Jesus' reputation as a healer, sought Him out intentionally. The number "ten" is significant in biblical numerology, often symbolizing completeness or the entirety of a group. Lepers were considered unclean according to Levitical law (Leviticus 13-14), and their condition was both a physical ailment and a social stigma. This encounter highlights Jesus' compassion and willingness to engage with those marginalized by society.

They stood at a distance
This phrase reflects the social and religious laws of the time. According to Levitical law, lepers were required to live outside the camp and maintain a distance from those who were clean (Leviticus 13:45-46). The Greek word for "distance" (πόρρωθεν, porrothen) indicates a separation, not just physically but also socially and spiritually. This distance underscores the isolation experienced by lepers, who were cut off from community and worship. Yet, it also sets the stage for Jesus' transformative power to bridge the gap between the unclean and the holy, illustrating His role as the mediator who reconciles humanity with God.

(12) Ten men that were lepers.--On the general character of leprosy, see Notes on Matthew 8:2. As only one of these was a Samaritan, it seems probable that the unnamed village was, as has been said, on the border-land of the two provinces. It is, perhaps, significant that our Lord takes neither of the usual caravan roads--one of which passed through Samaria, the other through Peraea--but chooses one for Himself that led through the one district into the other. The herding together of those who were shut out from all other fellowship has its parallel in the four lepers of 2Kings 7:3.

Which stood afar off.--In this case, then, there was no running and falling at the feet of Jesus, as in the earlier case of healing. They kept, it would seem probable, to the legal limit of one hundred paces.

Verses 12, 13. - And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: and they lifted up their vetoes, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. These met him somewhere outside the village-separated by the fact of their unhappy malady, leprosy, from their fellows, in accordance with the old Mosaic Law of Leviticus 13:46, "He is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be." These had no doubt heard of the many lepers who had been healed by the Galilaean Teacher who was then drawing nigh the village. They did not venture to approach him, but they attracted his attention with their hoarse, sad cry. The legal distance which these unfortunates were compelled to keep from passers-by was a hundred paces. He does not seem to have touched them, or talked with them, but with an impressive majesty bids them go and return thanks for their cure, which his will had already accomplished. They evidently believed implicitly in his healing power, for without further question they went on their way as he had commanded, and as they went the poor sufferers felt a new and, to them, a quite strange thrill of health course through their veins; they felt their prayer was granted, and that the fell disease had left them. They were not sent to the capital city; any priest in any town was qualified to pronounce on the completeness of a cure in this malady (Leviticus 14:2-32).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
As
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

He
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

entered
εἰσερχομένου (eiserchomenou)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 1525: To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.

one of
τινα (tina)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

[the] villages,
κώμην (kōmēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2968: A village, country town. From keimai; a hamlet.

He
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

was met
ἀπήντησαν (apēntēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 528: To go to meet, meet, encounter. From apo and a derivative of anti; to meet away, i.e. Encounter.

by ten
δέκα (deka)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1176: Ten. A primary number; ten.

lepers.
λεπροὶ (leproi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3015: A leprous person, a leper. From the same as lepra; scaly, i.e. Leprous.

[They]
οἳ (hoi)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

stood
ἔστησαν (estēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2476: A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications.

at a distance
πόρρωθεν (porrōthen)
Adverb
Strong's 4207: From afar, far off, from a distance. From porrho with adverbial enclitic of source; from far, or at a distance, i.e. Distantly.


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