1. Now when Jesus had come down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.
2. A man with a skin disease came, kneeled before him, and said, "Lord, if you want, you can make me clean."
3. Jesus reached out his hand and touched him, saying, "I do want to. Become clean." Instantly his skin disease was cleansed.
4. Jesus said to him, "Don’t say anything to anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded. This will be a testimony to them."
5. When Jesus went to Capernaum, a centurion approached,
6. pleading with him, "Lord, my servant is flat on his back at home, paralyzed, and his suffering is awful."
7. Jesus responded, "I’ll come and heal him."