Luke 5:12
While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
Note Leprosy was a term used for various skin diseases. See Leviticus 13.
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.
While he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”
And it came to pass, while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy: and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- a man
- Matthew 8:2–4; Mark 1:40–45
- full
- Luke 17:12; Exodus 4:6; Leviticus 13:1; Numbers 12:10–12; Deuteronomy 24:8; 2 Kings 5:1, 27; 2 Kings 7:3; 2 Chronicles 26:19, 20; Matthew 26:6
- fell
- Luke 17:16; Leviticus 9:24; Joshua 5:14; 1 Kings 18:39; 1 Chronicles 21:16
- besought
- Luke 17:13; Psalm 50:15; Psalm 91:15; Mark 5:23
- if
- Genesis 18:14; Matthew 8:8, 9; Matthew 9:28; Mark 9:22–24; Hebrews 7:25