Luke 5:13

13 Jesus reached out and touched him. "I do want to," he answered. "Be clean!" At once the disease left the man.

Luke 5:13 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 5:13

And he put forth his hand and touched him
Having compassion on him, and commiserating his sad case:

saying, I will, be thou clean; and immediately the leprosy departed
from him;
(See Gill on Matthew 8:3).

Luke 5:13 In-Context

11 They pulled the boats up on the beach, left everything, and followed Jesus.
12 Once Jesus was in a town where there was a man who was suffering from a dreaded skin disease. When he saw Jesus, he threw himself down and begged him, "Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean!"
13 Jesus reached out and touched him. "I do want to," he answered. "Be clean!" At once the disease left the man.
14 Jesus ordered him, "Don't tell anyone, but go straight to the priest and let him examine you; then to prove to everyone that you are cured, offer the sacrifice as Moses ordered."
15 But the news about Jesus spread all the more widely, and crowds of people came to hear him and be healed from their diseases.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.