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title = "Luke 5:12–16"
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date = "2022-11-03"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk5.12-16)
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In this passage, a leper comes to Jesus and asks for healing. Without
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hesitation Jesus touches His hand to him and heals him. The great significance
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of this is that according to Jewish law, skin conditions, particularly
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progressive ones, caused a person to be ritually unclean. This meant they
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couldn't worship God with the rest of the people or offer sacrifices for the
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forgiveness of their sins. Lepers in particular had to isolate themselves from
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everyone else in order to keep the disease from spreading.
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Jesus heals this man with a touch anyway. It is a pointer to the way Jesus
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takes on our sin to atone for it. He takes on the guilt and uncleanness and
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removes it so that He is unstained by it Himself.
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Finally, Jesus tells the man to fulfill the Law by showing the priest that he
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is healthy, along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving to God, but also charges
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him to tell no one else about it. Jesus is trying to slow down the spread of
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His fame, because with everyone around Him all the time, it is hard for Him to
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get alone so He can pray.
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* * *
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Order our priorities to Your priorities, so that we do good works in Your name
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and also stop and pray in the correct proportions.
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