I knelt and told him that if he wanted to, he could make me clean. He touched me. Touched me. “I want to. Be clean.” And I was.
A man with leprosy
@madeclean · 7 posts
He wanted to.
I had leprosy, a skin disease that meant nobody would come near me. I got down on my knees and begged Jesus to make me clean. He touched me, and I was. He told me to keep it quiet. I didn’t.
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What happened next: he told me not to tell anyone. I told everyone. Now he can’t even walk into a town openly. He stays out in the countryside, and people come to him from everywhere.
A man with leprosy@madecleanI knelt and told him that if he wanted to, he could make me clean. He touched me. Touched me. “I want to. Be clean.” And I was.Got down on my face in front of him. Said: if you want to, you can make me clean.
He touched me.
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Then: I want to. Be clean. And it’s gone. All of it.
He told me not to tell anyone. Just go and show myself to the priest, and make the offering Moses set out, as proof to them.
An Israelite at the tent@israelite.at.the.tentWhen someone’s healed, the priest goes out of the camp to them. And one of the two birds is let go over the fields. It just flies off.Replying to @madeclean
So anyway. I’ve told everyone.