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| | |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. | | |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. |
| − | | | + | |Before long Jesus was in a town and approached by a man covered with leprosy who, upon seeing Jesus, prostrated himself and beseeched Him with "Lord, if you desire, you can cure me." |
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| | |And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. | | |And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. |
| − | | | + | |Jesus extended His hand and touched the man while saying, "I will it: be cured." Immediately the leprosy vanished. |
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| | |And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. | | |And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. |
| − | | | + | |Jesus ordered him to tell no man, but to present himself to priest, and give an offering as Moses commanded, as testimony to them. |
| − | | | + | |μαρτύριον is usually translated as "testimony", but today that means only spoken words; "evidence" is probably a better translation particularly when oral testimony is forbidden by Jesus |
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| | |But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. | | |But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. |
| − | | | + | |The more Jesus did, the more famous He became, and huge crowds gathered to learn, and be cured by Him. |
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| | |And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. | | |And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. |
| − | | | + | |Jesus would also depart alone into the desert, and pray. |
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| | |And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. | | |And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. |
| − | | | + | |One day while Jesus was teaching, as Pharisees and legal scholars observed from every Galilean town, and Judaea and Jerusalem, the Lord's power of healing was there to see. |
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| | |And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. | | |And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. |
| − | | | + | |And suddenly men carried a bed with a paralyzed man, and they looked for a way to bring and lay him before Jesus. |
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