1 When Jesus came down from the hill, large crowds followed him.
2 Then a man suffering from a dreaded skin disease came to him, knelt down before him, and said, “Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean.”
3 Jesus reached out and touched him. “I do want to,” he answered. “Be clean!” At once the man was healed of his disease.
4 Then Jesus said to him, “Listen! Don't tell anyone, but go straight to the priest and let him examine you; then in order to prove to everyone that you are cured, offer the sacrifice that Moses ordered.”
5 When Jesus entered Capernaum, a Roman officer met him and begged for help:
6 “Sir, my servant is sick in bed at home, unable to move and suffering terribly.”