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I. THE LEPER.

1. He comes.

2. He worships.

3. He pleads.

II. THE HEALER

1. He puts forth His hand.

2. He touched him.

3. He spoke.

(1)  It is the voice of love;

(2)  of authority;

(3)  of power.

(Dr. Bonar.)In the leper two things are remarkable — the weakness of his body; the virtues of his mind.

I. THE WEARINESS OF HIS BODY. Weakness proceeds from wickedness. The weakness of his body brought him to the Physician of his soul. He felt his misery great; but hoped Christ's mercy was greater.

II. THE VIRTUES OF HIS MIND.

1. Faith.

2. Adoration.

3. Wisdom in selecting place, not on Mount, but in valley; time, not interrupting His sermon.

4. Patience. Content to stay God's leisure.

5. Confession.

III. NOW LOOK AT THE PHYSICIAN.

1. His mercy.

2. His might.

(1)  Christ touched the leper, which was forbidden by Moses. Hence He was greater than Moses.

(2)  Moral duties superior to ceremonial observances.

(3)  This intimates that Christ was very man in touching, but more than a man in healing with a touch.

(4)  To demonstrate that Himself and none other cured him.

(5)  Christ's humility in touching a leper.

1. The leper was commanded to tell no man. We must temper zeal with knowledge and obedience.

2. It was needless to tell it since his whole body, made clean, was a tongue to tell it.

3. It was absurd that he should boast he was clean, before he was so judged.

(J. Bogs, D. D.)

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KJV: When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

WEB: When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.