This translation is from the New American Bible. The bolded hyperlinks will take you to additional translations. The entire chapter is included to provide context.
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Information about the meaning the original Hebrew or Greek of what seem to be key words is provided in blue. They are provided beneath the reading they relate to.
Excerpts collected in yellow at the end of this post tell us something about God’s nature or our relationship to Him.
Excerpts collected in green at the end of this post tell us about something God wants us to do.
Excerpts collected in red at the end of this post tell us about something God wants us not to do.
Reading I
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “If someone has on his skin a scab or pustule or blotch which appears to be the sore of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron, the priest, or to one of the priests among his descendants.
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If the man is leprous and unclean, the priest shall declare him unclean
by reason of the sore on his head. “The one who bears the sore of leprosy shall keep his garments rent and his head bare, and shall muffle his beard; he shall cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ As long as the sore is on him he shall declare himself unclean, since he is in fact unclean. He shall dwell apart, making his abode outside the camp.”
Responsorial Psalm
R. (7) I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation.
Blessed is he whose fault is taken away, whose sin is covered.
Blessed the man to whom the LORD imputes not guilt, in whose spirit there is no guile.
R. I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation.
Then I acknowledged my sin to you, my guilt I covered not.
I said, “I confess my faults to the LORD,” and you took away the guilt of my sin.
R. I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation.
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you just; exult, all you upright of heart.
R. I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation.
acknowledged =יָדַע =yāḏa
to know, learn to know; to perceive and see, find out and discern; to recognize, admit, acknowledge, confess; to be made known, be or become known, be revealed; to cause to know; understand, have (understanding); seeing; discover; to have knowledge of; to care about
confess = יָדָה = yāḏâ
to cast, cast down, throw down; physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; to bemoan
Scriptures addressing similar principles are collected at Wisdom Principles—Confessing Sin and Wisdom Principles—God Loves and Calls Us to Him, In Spite of our Sin
Reading II
Brothers and sisters,
Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.
Avoid giving offense, whether to the Jews or Greeks or the church of God, just as I try to please everyone in every way, not seeking my own benefit but that of the many, that they may be saved.
Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
Alleluia
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
A great prophet has arisen in our midst, God has visited his people.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.” The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.
Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once. He said to him, “See that you tell no one anything, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.”
The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter. He spread the report abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly.
He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to him from everywhere.
begged = παρακαλέω = parakaleō
Beseech; denotes "to call to one's side," hence, "to call to one's aid;" exhort, urge; summon; to beg, entreat; call for; pray
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
call in, send for, summon; invoke; call upon; demand, require
moved with pity = σπλαγχνίζομαι = splagchnizomai
to be moved as to one's bowels, hence to be moved with compassion, have compassion (for the bowels were thought to be the seat of love and pity); feel sympathy
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
feel pity, compassion, or mercy
coming = ἔρχομαι = erchomai
to come from one place to another; to go, follow
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
Start, set out;go; come to, arrive at; depend upon or be concerned with
Scriptures addressing a similar principle are collected at Wisdom Principles—God is a Refuge for Those Who Love Him
What these readings tell us about God/His ways:
you fill me with the joy of salvation.
and you fill me with the joy of salvation.
you took away the guilt of my sin.
you fill me with the joy of salvation.
you fill me with the joy of salvation.
God has visited his people.
If you wish, you can make me clean
Moved with pity
he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean
The leprosy left him immediately
he was made clean.
that will be proof for them
What these readings tell us to do:
turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble
in whose spirit there is no guile.
I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble
I acknowledged my sin to you, my guilt I covered not.
I confess my faults to the LORD
I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you just; exult, all you upright of heart.
I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble
do everything for the glory of God.
Avoid giving offense, whether to the Jews or Greeks or the church of God
try to please everyone in every way, not seeking my own benefit but that of the many
Be imitators ... of Christ.
kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.
people kept coming to him from everywhere.
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