"Lord, you have the power to make me well."

Jesus came to a town where there was a man who had leprosy.  When the man saw Jesus, he knelt down to the ground in front of Jesus and begged, "Lord, you have the power to make me well, if only you wanted to."

Jesus put his hand on him and said, "I want to!  Now you are well."  At once the man's leprosy disappeared.  Jesus told him, "Don't tell anyone about this, but go and show yourself to the priest.  Offer a gift to the priest, just as Moses commanded, and everyone will know that you have been healed."

News about Jesus kept spreading.  Large crowds came to listen to him teach and to be healed of their diseases.  But Jesus would often go to some place where he could be alone and pray.

                                                                                         Luke 5:12-15

Contemporary English Version The Holy Bible (New York , NY: American Bible Society 1995)