And he taught all through Gal-i-lee, and his fame spread, and great crowds went to hear him.
CHAPTER VI.
JESUS HEALS THE SICK, AND DOES GOOD WORKS ON THE DAY OF REST.
A man came to Je-sus and knelt down at his feet and said, Lord, if thou wilt thou canst make me clean. This man was a lep-er. He had white sores on his skin, and had to live by him-self or with those as bad off as him-self, and there was no cure for him but death. It was not safe to breathe the air near a lep-er, and so he was sent at once out of the town, as soon as his case was known.
CUR-ING THE MAN LAME WITH PAL-SY.
This lep-er must have heard of Je-sus and the great works he had done, and the hope that had died out must have sprung up in his heart once more. If he could heal the sick, and make the lame walk, why could he not cure him, so that he would be fit to live with those he loved? At least he could ask; and oh! how great must have been his faith when he fell down at the feet of Je-sus and cried out, Lord, if thou wilt thou canst make me clean.
Je-sus put out his hand and touched the man, and said, I will: be thou clean.
And at once the sores left the man and his skin was white and smooth. Then Je-sus sent him off, and bade him tell no man who had made him well, but to go to the priest and do as Mo-ses bid all those do who had been lep-ers and were cured.