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When Jesus had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him;
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and there was a leper who came to him and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean."
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He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I do choose. Be made clean!" Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
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Then Jesus said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
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When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, appealing to him
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and saying, "Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible distress."
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And he said to him, "I will come and cure him."
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The centurion answered, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant will be healed.
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For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, "Go,' and he goes, and to another, "Come,' and he comes, and to my slave, "Do this,' and the slave does it."