Luke 5:13

13 Then Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, "I do choose. Be made clean." Immediately the leprosy left him.

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 When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.

12 Once, when he was in one of the cities, there was a man covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to the ground and begged him, "Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean."

13 Then Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, "I do choose. Be made clean." Immediately the leprosy left him.

14 And he ordered him to tell no one. "Go," he said, "and show yourself to the priest, and, as Moses commanded, make an offering for your cleansing, for a testimony to them."

15 But now more than ever the word about Jesus spread abroad; many crowds would gather to hear him and to be cured of their diseases.

Footnotes

• [a]. Gk [he]
• [b]. The terms [leper] and [leprosy] can refer to several diseases