The Holy Gospel for the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany is Mark 1:40-45.
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| Jesus heals a leper, Rembrandt |
A leper came to him begging him, and kneeling he said to him, "If you choose, you can make me clean." 41 Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, "I do choose. Be made clean!" 42 Immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. 43 After sternly warning him he sent him away at once, 44 saying to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them." 45 But he went out and began to proclaim it freely, and to spread the word, so that Jesus could no longer go into a town openly, but stayed out in the country; and people came to him from every quarter.
Why do you suppose Jesus told the leper not to tell?
Why do you suppose the leper told anyway?
Have you ever had a faith experience that you couldn't keep quiet about?
What does it mean that Jesus is moved with pity?
What questions do you have about this text?
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