ten lepers

		Luke 17:11-19	Home / teachings / Healing / Healings
	Ten lepers, crying out; "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!

¹¹And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. ¹²And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: ¹³And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. ¹⁴And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go show yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. ¹⁵ And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, ¹⁶And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? ¹⁸There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. ¹⁹And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.

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Insights

All ten men acknowledged Him as Master, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!. And all ten men came to receive their healing.
As they went to the priests, while they still going they were cleansed, (thus they went by faith).
Only the Samaritan, (the non-Jew) returned to give thanks to God. Most likely, the other nine were Jewish men and kept on going to the priests to fulfill the required sacrifice, (the law), rather than returning to show their gratitude. Trying to keep the Law can get in the way or more needful things such as show mercy and compassion, Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Matthew 23:23.