Luke 17:12
10 So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
11 While Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.
As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance
13 and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance
- KJV
- And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
- WEB
- As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.
- ASV
- And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off:
- DARBY
- And as he entered into a certain village ten leprous men met him, who stood afar off.
- BLB
- And [on] His entering into a certain village, ten leprous men met Him, who stood afar off.
- ÅB
- og da han gikk inn i en by, møtte det ham ti spedalske menn, som sto langt borte,
- OTB
- Da Han kom inn i en landsby, møtte ti menn med spedalskhet Ham. De sto på avstand
- B1930
- og da han gikk inn i en by, møtte det ham ti spedalske menn, som stod langt borte,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 13:45–46
A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
Read in contextLuke 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.”
Read in context2 Kings 7:3
Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
Read in contextLuke 18:13
But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
Read in context2 Chronicles 26:20–21
When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.
Read in context2 Kings 5:27
Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.
Read in contextNumbers 5:2–3
“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.
Read in contextNumbers 12:14
But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
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