Matthew 8:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³Jesus put his hand on the man and said, “I want to! Now you are well.” At once the man's leprosy disappeared. ⁴^(A) Jesus told him, “Don't tell anyone about this, but go and show the priest that you are well. Then take a gift to the temple just as Moses commanded, and everyone will know that you have been healed.”^[a]

Jesus Heals an Army Officer's Servant

(Luke 7.1-10; John 4.43-54)

⁵When Jesus was going into the town of Capernaum, an army officer came up to him and said,

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Footnotes

8.4 everyone will know that you have been healed: People with leprosy had to be examined by a priest and told that they were well (that is “clean”) before they could once again live a normal life in the Jewish community. The gift that Moses commanded was the sacrifice of some lambs together with flour mixed with olive oil.