Jesus heals a man who has leprosy.

Today I would like to tell you a story about Jesus, a story where Jesus heals a very sick man. We need to always remember that all the stories in the Bible are true stories. Jesus really did do this wonderful miracle and the man really did get healed.

One day when Jesus was in the village, a man came to him. The Bible does not tell us the man's name but it says that he had a very bad sickness called leprosy. Leprosy caused the man to be very sick with very bad sores on his body.  Everyone was afraid of a person with leprosy because it spread very easily and quickly to other people, and there was no medicine that could cure it.

The man with leprosy begs Jesus to heal him.
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This man with leprosy came to Jesus and he bowed his face down right to the ground before Jesus. He begged Jesus to make him well. The man said "Lord, if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean."

Then Jesus did an amazing thing. He reached out his hand and touched the man with leprosy. You need to remember that leprosy was very contagious and it spread to other people very easily, but Jesus was not afraid at all.  When Jesus touched the man, he showed that he is Lord over all sicknesses and diseases. Then Jesus said "I am willing, be healed." The leprosy instantly left the man and he was completely healed, all his sores were gone. The man was completely healthy again! He must have been so very very happy. Now he could go back home to his family again. Now he people would not be afraid of him anymore.

Jesus told the man that he should not tell anyone about this, except that he should go to the priest to be checked. It was the job of the priest to see people who were healed. Everyone could see the great miracle that Jesus had done.