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1 When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him. 2 A man with a serious skin disease came and bowed down in front of him. The man said to Jesus, |Sir, if you're willing, you can make me clean.| 3 Jesus reached out, touched him, and said, |I'm willing. So be clean!| Immediately, his skin disease went away, and he was clean. 4 Jesus said to him, |Don't tell anyone about this! Instead, show yourself to the priest. Then offer the sacrifice Moses commanded as proof to people that you are clean.| 5 When Jesus went to Capernaum, a Roman army officer came to beg him for help. 6 The officer said, |Sir, my servant is lying at home paralyzed and in terrible pain.| Matthew 8:1-6, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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