Jesus and the Ten Lepers

LUKE 17:11-19

I read this passage the other morning and it brought tears to my eyes when I think how much God has done for me and how much I take for granted. I especially had to think of how many have enjoyed having their sins forgiven and have been transformed in the new life, but immediately lapse back into their former lifestyles. True thankfulness and indebtedness leads us to action, does it not. It makes you want to go back and seek out the source of your good fortune. Anyways how does this story of Jesus impress you?

Ten Healed of Leprosy 

¹¹Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. ¹²As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy^[a]met him. They stood at a distance ¹³and called out in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!"

 ¹⁴When he saw them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed.

 ¹⁵One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. ¹⁶He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.

 ¹⁷Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? ¹⁸Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" ¹⁹Then he said to him, "Rise and go; your faith has made you well."