The Leper’s Prayer
Matthew 8:2
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”A leper was one afflicted with a skin disease. See Leviticus 13.
- KJV
- And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
- WEB
- Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”
- ASV
- And behold, there came to him a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
- LSV
- and behold, a leper having come, was prostrating to Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You are able to cleanse me”;
- YLT
- and lo, a leper having come, was bowing to him, saying, 'Sir, if thou art willing, thou art able to cleanse me;'
- DBY
- And behold, a leper came up to [him] and did him homage, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.
- DRC
- And behold a leper came and adored him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
- GNV
- And loe, there came a Leper and worshipped him, saying, Master, if thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read προσελθὼν (“having come near”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐλθὼν (“having come”).
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- SBLGNT: προσελθὼν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read προσελθὼν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐλθὼν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἰδοὺ λεπρὸς προσελθὼν προσεκύνει αὐτῷ λέγων· Κύριε, ἐὰν θέλῃς δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι.
- RP2018
- καὶ ἰδού, λεπρὸς ἐλθὼν προσεκύνει αὐτῷ, λέγων, Κύριε, ἐὰν θέλῃς, δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι.
- TR-Boyd
- καὶ ἰδού, λεπρὸς ἐλθὼν προσεκύνει αὐτῷ, λέγων, Κύριε, ἐὰν θέλῃς, δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι.
- SCR1894
- και ιδου λεπρος ελθων προσεκυνει αυτω λεγων κυριε εαν θελης δυνασαι με καθαρισαι
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- Mark 1:40–45Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately…
- Matthew 18:26Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’
- Matthew 15:25The woman came and knelt before Him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
- Luke 17:12–19As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the…
- Acts 10:25As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
- Luke 5:12–14While 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.” Jesus reached out His hand and…
- Leviticus 13:44–46the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head. A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry…
- Numbers 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. You must send away male and female alike; send them outside…
- Matthew 28:17When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but some doubted.
- John 9:38“Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 14:25and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”
- Mark 9:22–24“It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” “If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”…
- Matthew 20:20Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.
- Matthew 9:28–29After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered. Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be…
- Mark 5:6–7When the man saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees before Him. And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
- 2 Chronicles 26:19–21Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead. When…
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