Also lepers get big lumps like golf balls on their face, and sometimes the bone holding up their nose goes away. So they usually become very hard to look at.
When people got leprosy in Jesus' day, they had to live in camps outside of town away from everyone except other people with leprosy. They were always very sad.
One day a certain man with leprosy heard that Jesus could heal people. He went to Jesus and asked if he would heal him.
Jesus first touched the man's leprosy. Everyone was scared to do this because they were afraid they would get leprosy too. But Jesus was not afraid. Then he healed him.
At another time and place there were some lepers who lived together in a leper colony out in the hills.
They had to walk with canes because some of their toes had fallen off. They wore rags because they couldn't get a job. They were hard to look at.
If people accidently went near them, they were required to call out to them, "Unclean!" "Unclean!"
Not everyone in the leper colony believed in Jesus. But ten did. So they went to the town where they heard Jesus was.
As they went into town, the ten kept calling out, "Unclean!" "Unclean!" People got away from them as fast as they could, and shouted at them to leave town. But they didn't.
When they found Jesus, they bowed down in front of him and begged to be healed. Jesus was happy to, and all ten of them became suddenly well.
Nine of them went running off to the homes and families they had left behind. They were anxious to begin living a normal life again like before they got sick.
But one stayed behind to thank Jesus. He was the only one who said thank you. That made Jesus very sad.
God gives us rain and sunshine so food will grow. God gives us cotton and wool for clothing too. Do you take God for granted? Do you ever thank God for these good things he does for you? Why not do so now?