Luke 17:14

"They lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”"

Key Reflection

This plea for mercy reflects the desperate faith of those afflicted with leprosy, recognizing Jesus as both master and divine. Their cry symbolizes the universal human need for divine intervention and compassion.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 14. Go show yourselves, &c. See Barnes "Mt 8:4". By this command he gave them an implied assurance that they would be healed; for the design for which they were to go was to exhibit the evidence that they were restored, and to obtain permission from the priest to mingle again in society. It may also be observed that this required no small measure of faith on their part, for he did not first heal them, and then tell them to go; he told them to go without expressly assuring them that they would be healed, and without, as yet, any evidence to show to the priest.

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