Matthew 8:3 meaning and explanation

Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Matthew 8:3, Berean Standard Bible

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The leper has just knelt before Jesus with a cautious plea: if you are willing, you can make me clean. Jesus answers not with a lecture but with a touch, which under the law made a person ritually unclean.

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