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Ten men with leprosy

A healed man returns to say, 'Thank You'.
Contributed by CommonToAll.com
Story also available on our translated websites: German, Hindi
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Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem. Traveling from Galilee to Samaria, He came into a small town. Ten men met Him there. These men did not come close to Jesus, because they all had a harmful skin disease known as leprosy. But they called to Him, ‘Jesus! Master! Please help us!’ – Slide 1
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When Jesus saw the men, He said, ‘Go and show yourselves to the priests.’ Only a priest could decide whether you had recovered from leprosy. While the ten men were going, they were healed. – Slide 2
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When one of them saw that he was healed, he went back to Jesus. He praised God in a loud voice. Then he bowed down at Jesus’ feet and thanked Him. (This man was a Samaritan.) Jesus asked, ‘Ten men were healed; where are the other nine? Is this Samaritan the only one who came back to thank God?’ – Slide 3
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Then Jesus said to him, ‘Stand up and go on your way. You were healed because you believed.’ – Slide 4
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