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  • Luke 5:12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 12 On another occasion while he was in one of the cities, look! there was a man full of leprosy! When he caught sight of Jesus, he fell facedown and begged him: “Lord, if you just want to, you can make me clean.”+

  • Luke 5:12
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 12 Καὶ And ἐγένετο it occurred ἐν in τῷ the εἶναι to be αὐτὸν him ἐν in μιᾷ one τῶν of the πόλεων cities καὶ and ἰδοὺ look! ἀνὴρ male person πλήρης full λέπρας· of leprosy; ἰδὼν having seen δὲ but τὸν the Ἰησοῦν Jesus πεσὼν having fallen ἐπὶ upon πρόσωπον face ἐδεήθη he begged αὐτοῦ of him λέγων saying Κύριε, Lord, ἐὰν if ever θέλῃς you may will δύνασαί you are able με me καθαρίσαι. to make clean.

  • Luke 5:12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 12 On a further occasion while he was in one of the cities, look! a man full of leprosy! When he caught sight of Jesus he fell upon his face and begged him, saying: “Lord, if you just want to, you can make me clean.”+

  • Luke 5:12
    The Bible in Living English
    • 12 And while he was in one of the cities, there there appeared a man full of leprosy; and, seeing Jesus, he threw himself down on his face and implored him, saying “Sir, if you will you can cleanse me;”

  • Luke 5:12
    American Standard Version
    • 12 And it came to pass, while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy: and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

  • Luke 5:12
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 12 And it came to pass while he was in one of the cities that lo! there was a man full of leprosy; and seeing Jesus he fell on his face and entreated him, saying—Lord! if thou be willing thou canst cleanse me.

  • Luke 5:12
    King James Version
    • 12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 5:12 cf 142; it-1 216; w15 6/15 9; jy 65; w94 11/1 13; gt chapter 25; si 187; w89 11/15 24; w86 4/15 8-9

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 5:12 w75 90; w63 678; w61 696

  • Luke
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 5:12

      “My Follower,” p. 142

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 216

      The Watchtower,

      6/15/2015, p. 9

      11/1/1994, p. 13

      11/15/1989, p. 24

      4/15/1986, pp. 8-9

      Jesus—The Way, p. 65

      “All Scripture,” p. 187

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 5:12

      a man full of leprosy: The leprosy referred to in the Bible was a serious skin disease, but it was not restricted to the disease known by that name today. Anyone diagnosed with leprosy became an outcast from society until he was cured. (Le 13:2, ftn., 45, 46; see Glossary, “Leprosy; Leper.”) When the Gospel writers Matthew and Mark describe the same incident, they simply call the man “a leper.” (Mt 8:2; Mr 1:40) But the physician Luke recognized that there are different stages of the condition. (Col 4:14) In this case, Luke describes the man as being “full of leprosy,” evidently referring to an advanced stage of the disease.​—See study note on Lu 4:38, where Luke marks the degree of another illness.

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