路加福音5: 12-16

 

5:12 有一回，耶穌在一個城裡，有人滿身長了大痲瘋，看見他，就俯伏在地，求他說：「主若肯，必能叫我潔淨了。」
5:13 耶穌伸手摸他，說：「我肯，你潔淨了吧！」大痲瘋立刻就離了他的身。
5:14 耶穌囑咐他：「你切不可告訴人，只要去把身體給祭司察看，又要為你得了潔淨，照摩西所吩咐的獻上禮物，對眾人作證據。」
5:15 但耶穌的名聲越發傳揚出去。有極多的人聚集來聽道，也指望醫治他們的病。

 5:16 耶穌卻退到曠野去禱告。

 

¹² While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy.^[b] When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

¹³ Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.

¹⁴ Then Jesus ordered him, “Don’t tell anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

¹⁵ Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. ¹⁶ But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

 

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    長大痲瘋的人，是被人嫌棄的，甚至是被遠離的！因為害怕被傳染到，會一樣不潔淨！然而主耶穌對於長大痲瘋的人，不但沒有保持距離，還伸手去摸他，說：「我肯，你潔淨了吧！」

 

    今日為了避免瘟疫的擴散，也是用隔離的方式來處理，以至於患者就像主耶穌那時代長大痲瘋的人，被人視為是可怕的、不潔淨的，好像是次等的人一般！

 

    看到主耶穌與長大痲瘋者的交流，我們也聽見那些因瘟疫被隔離者的心聲，它們也盼望得醫治，可以重新和其他的人有正常合宜的關係，而不是被排除在人群之外！

 

    讓我們為一切瘟疫的患者禱告，願主耶穌也對他們說：「我肯，你潔淨了吧！」

 

    也因為如此，願疾病和瘟疫離開他們，讓他們與人群恢復美好的關係，將榮耀歸給上帝！