“and they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests…And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.”
Luke 17:13, 14 & 16 KJV
The lepers shouted to Him, “Mighty Lord, our wonderful Master! Won’t You have mercy on us and heal us?” When Jesus stopped to look at them, He spoke these words: “Go to be examined by the Jewish priests.” One of them, a Samaritan, when he discovered that he was completely healed, turned back and found Jesus, falling down at His feet and thanked Him over and over, saying to Him, “You are the Messiah.” The lepers when they saw Jesus, addressed Him as “Master” for they saw that He had supernatural authority and power Who would heal them. It was faith on their part to step out only on the word Jesus spoke to them. They were to go to the priest, who would confirm their healing and declare them ceremonially clean and approved to go into the temple to worship God. For a Samaritan man to return to give thanks to a Jew was indeed peculiar. Since he likely had no “priest”, he turned to the only One he knew to be a priest for Him - Jesus Christ. Let’s have faith in Jesus. Amen!
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