Mat 8:2 | HCSB | STEP | Right away a man with a serious skin disease came up and knelt before Him , saying , “Lord , if You are willing , You can make me clean .”

b Mt 9:18; 15:25; 18:26; 20:20; Jn 9:38; Ac 10:25

Matthew 8:2

2 Right away ^a a man with a serious skin disease came up and knelt before Him, ^b saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me ^{▼▼clean: When something is clean, it is holy or acceptable to God. When it is unclean, it is unholy (such as an unclean spirit). The term can be used in a ritual sense to apply to moral standards for living.}clean.”