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THE LEPER CLEANSED.

“There came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling —
down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst
make me clean.”—Mark, chap. i., verse 40.

 

AFTER THE BIRTH OF CHRIST 31 YEARS.

 

In consequence of that fame, which has already .
been spoken of, which Jesus gained as one
who could heal the sick, a leper came to him,
and entreated him to make him clean.

Among the Jews a leper was regarded with .
great horror. We see in the Bible that even a °
king was no more respected when he was
afflicted with leprosy. Not only suffering pain, ,
but despised by his fellow-men, who might
have been expected to sooth his distress, the
case of the leper was most pitiable. Happily
he applied to one who, in a case of real woe, it
was not difficult to move. Jesus compassion-
ately “‘ put forth his hand and touched him,
and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.”

More was not necessary. No sooner had
the Saviour uttered these few words, than the
leprosy departed from the sufferer, and he was
clean.

When he was going, Jesus said to him,
“See thou say nothing to any man; but go

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